Lousewies van der Laan
| Lousewies van der Laan | |
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| Born |
18 February 1966 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | Democrats 66 |
| Alma mater |
Leiden University Johns Hopkins University |
Louse Wies Sija Anne Lilly Berthe (Lousewies) van der Laan (born 18 February 1966 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch politician and was the leader of the parliamentary group of the social liberal Democrats 66 (D66) in the House of Representatives for six months in 2006. She was a Member of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2003 in the ELDR group.
In her youth, Van der Laan lived in Belgium, Germany, and the United States.
She finished high school at the German School in Washington, DC. She obtained the International Baccalaureate at Armand Hammer United World College of the American West (In Montezuma, New Mexico). After graduating in 1984, Van der Laan moved to the Netherlands to study law at the University of Leiden. She specialized in International and European Law and graduated in 1990. Between 1990 and 1991 she studied international relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University at Bologna. After an internship at Greenpeace in Brussels, she became an intern at the cabinet of Dutch European Commissioner Frans Andriessen.
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