What is Anne-Marie Lizin?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Anne-Marie Lizin |image = Anne Marie Lizin au Sénat.jpg |caption = |office = [[List of Presidents of the Belgian Senate|President of the Senate]] |term_start = 20 July 2004 |term_end = 12 July 2007 |predecessor = [[Armand De Decker]] |successor = Armand De Decker |birth_date = {{birth date|1949|1|5|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Huy]], [[Belgium]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|17|1949|1|5|df=y}} |death_place = Huy, Belgium |party = [[Parti socialiste (Belgium)|Socialist Party]] |alma_mater = [[University of Liège]] |website = [http://www.lizin.org Official website] }} '''Anne-Marie Lizin''' (5 January 1949 – 17 October 2015) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] politician. He served as the President of the [[Senate of Belgium]] from 2004 to 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lalibre.be/toutelinfo/belga/119008/anne-marie-lizin-depose-plainte-contre-micheline-toussaint.html |title=Anne-Marie Lizin dépose plainte contre Micheline Toussaint |date=19 August 2009 |publisher=La Libre.be |language=fr |access-date=20 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1502/Belgique/article/detail/975069/2009/08/19/Le-differend-Lizin-Toussaint-regle-sur-auto-tamponneuses-.dhtml |title=Le différend Lizin-Toussaint réglé sur auto-tamponneuses? |date=19 August 2009 |publisher=7sur7.BE |language=fr |access-date=20 August 2009}}</ref> ==Career== From 1970 to 1976 she was an alderman of [[Ben-Ahin]], and from 1980 to 1982 from [[Huy]]. From 1983 to 2009 she was mayor of Huy. In 1979, Lizin was elected as an elected [[Member of the European Parliament]]. In 1988, she was elected into the Belgian government, and served in office for eight years. In 2003, she became President of the Commission for External Relations and Defence of the Belgian Senate. In 2004, she was appointed President of the Senate of Belgium, before finally becoming Senator in July 2007. She was the first female President of the Belgian Senate (2004–2007). On 27 January 2