| Anne-Marie Lizin | |
 Army Spc. Shanita Simmons of the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment interviews Madame Anne-Marie Lizin, president of the Belgian Senate, during a visit to Joint Task Force Guantanamo last June. – JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Joseph Scozzari |
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In office 1995 – June 2011 |
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| Born | January 5, 1949 Huy |
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| Nationality | Belgian |
| Political party | Parti Socialiste |
| Residence | Huy |
| Alma mater | Université de Liège |
| Website | www.lizin.org |
Anne-Marie Lizin (born January 5, 1949 in Huy) is a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party. She was the first female President of the Belgian Senate (2004-2007). In 1971, she graduated in economics at the Universite de Liege.
In January 2009 Lizin came under fire for the use of a visa card of the Centre Hospitalier Régional Hutois (CHRH) at a time it was dealing with heavy losses and spendings needed to be cut.
Lizin has been an alderman and a member of the city council of Ben Ahin from 1970 to 1976 and has served on the city council of Huy since 1977. She was an alderman from Huy from 1980 to 1982. Lizin was mayor of Huy from 1983 until 2009.
Lizin was elected a member of the European Parliament and served from 1979 until 1988, when she became state secretary for European affairs, attached to the minister of Foreign Trade (1988-1992). Lizin was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1991, in 1995 she was appointed as a coopted senator to the Belgian Senate and in 1999 and 2003 Lizin was directly elected to the Senate, of which she was named President on 20 July 2004.
In August 2009 she was involved in a dispute with Micheline Toussaint, her successor as mayor of Huy, regarding a parking space. A collision between their cars occurred in the car park outside the town hall, resulting in damage to the cars.[1][2]
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