Preceded by Herve Hasquin Role Belgian Politician Name Marie Arena | Political party Socialist Party Party Parti Socialiste | |
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Marie Arena (born 17 December 1966) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium. She is a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
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From 2000 to 2009, she held several ministerial functions in various regional and federal governments. From 2000 to 2003, she was Walloon Minister of Employment and Training. She then was Federal Minister of the Civil Service, Social Integration, Cities and Equal Opportunities in the Verhofstadt II Government from 12 July 2003 to 20 July 2004. She was the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium from July 2004 until March 2008. She then became Federal Minister for Social Integration, Pensions and Large Cities in the Leterme I Government, which took office on 20 March 2008. She held that office until 17 July 2009.
Since 1 July 2014, she is Member of the European Parliament. She is member of the Committee on International Trade (INTA), the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean.
