Leona Detiège
Leona Maria Detiège is a Belgian politician.
Detiège was a member of the Belgian Socialist Party and is till member of its successor Flemish social-democratic party. Until 2014, she was a federal senator, succeeding Marleen Temmerman in October 2012. From 1995 till 2003 she was the mayor of Antwerp.
Detiège was born in Antwerp. She is the daughter of former mayor of Antwerp, Frans Detiège, and mother of Maya Detiège, a federal representative.Career
Detiège was a civil servant at the Belgian ministry of Economic Affairs, at the economic planning office, head-master of the "Volkshogeschool Emile Vandervelde" in Antwerp. From 1970 to 1974 she worked for several ministers as cabinetcollaborator.
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Detiège holds the title of Commandeur in the Order of Leopold.
