Léonie Sazias
Léonie Sazias (27 July 1957 – 3 October 2022) was a French-Dutch television presenter and politician. She was a member of parliament between 2017 and 2021.[2]
Léonie Sazias | |
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 Sazias in 1987 | |
| Born | 27 July 1957 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 3 October 2022 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | France, Netherlands[1] |
| Occupation(s) | television presenter and politician |
Sazias had the French nationality, and obtained also the Dutch nationality later on.[1]
After a succesfull screentest she started working as television presenter at Veronica. Later she worked for AVRO, TROS, RTL 4 and FOX. She presented various programmes, including the AVRO talk show Ruud en Leonie with Ruud ter Weijden in 1985 and 1986. She was most known from De Ojevaarsjo en Dierenmanieren where she worked together with Martin Gaus.[3]
Sazias was the second place on the list of the politic party 50PLUS for the parliamentary elections of 2017, below party leader Henk Krol. During the 2017 election campaign she was unable to participate actively; she was diagnosed with colon cancer.[4] After 50PLUS had won four seats in the Tweede Kamer, she became a member of parliament from 23 March 2018.[5][6] In November 2018 she went on sick leave and returned on 26 June 2019. She witdrew for the 2021 parliamentary elections.[7]
Sazias died from colon cancer on 3 October 2022, aged 65.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Léonie Sazias stemt voor de eerste keer, NH Nieuws, 12 Septemer 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Voormalig tv-presentatrice en oud-Kamerlid Léonie Sazias (65) overleden, NU nl, 4 October 2022
- ↑ Oud-tv-presentatrice en oud-Kamerlid Léonie Sazias (65) overleden Archived 2022-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, De Telegraaf, 4 October 2022
- ↑ Léonie Sazias, nummer twee van 50 Plus, heeft darmkanker, Algemeen Dagblad, 2 March 2017
- ↑ Voor 50PLUS 4 zetels in nieuwe Tweede Kamer Archived 2022-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, 50PLUS, 15 March 2017
- ↑ De nieuwe Tweede Kamer is verre van gewoon, NOS, 23 March 2017
- ↑ Borst, Thomas (24 November 2020). "Huidige 50Plus-fractie keert niet terug in de Tweede Kamer". NRC (in Dutch).
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