Mia de Vits

Mia de Vits    (trade unionist, politician)
Born	Marie Louise De Vits 1950-03-31 Gooik, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Belgian politician. Attended 1998 Bilderberg meeting as Secretary-General of the General Labour Federation of Belgium.  Member of the Flemish Parliament In office 2009 - 2014  Member of the European Parliament In office 2004 - 2009 Preceded by Maria Carrilho, Olivier Duhamel, Ilkka Suominen, Walter Veltroni Succeeded by Dominique Baudis, Franziska Brantner, Christophe Béchu, Nadezhda Neynsky  General Labour Federation of Belgium/Secretary-General In office 1989 - 2002

Marie Louise "Mia" De Vits (born 31 March 1950) is a Belgian politician.

De Vits started her career with the socialist trade union ABVV in 1973, rising through the ranks to become Secretary-General (1989–2002) and its chairman (2002–2004).

In 2004 De Vits went into elective politics and was elected a Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009) with the Socialistische Partij-Anders, part of the Socialist Group. She sat on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. She was a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

In 2009 she was elected to the Flemish Parliament and served from 2009–2014. She retired from politics after the 2014 regional elections.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1998	14 May 1998	17 May 1998	Scotland Turnberry	The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington

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