1. Marie Arena was born on 17 December 1966 and is a Belgian politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2024.
10 Facts About Marie Arena
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Marie Arena was a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
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From 2000 to 2009, Arena held several ministerial functions in various regional and federal governments.
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Marie Arena 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.
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Marie Arena was the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium from July 2004 until March 2008.
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Marie Arena was elected as an MEP in the 2014 European Parliament election.
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From 2019 to 2023, Marie Arena chaired the Subcommittee on Human Rights.
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Marie Arena did not stand for re-election in the 2024 European Parliament election.
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Amid the Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament, Marie Arena's offices were searched in December 2022.
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Marie Arena resigned her post as chair of the subcommittee on human rights on 11 January 2023, following allegations that she failed to declare a trip in May 2022 which had been paid for by the Qatari government.