Lucienne Adeline Jeanne Ida Michielsens (Ghent, 13 March 1926 -22 January 1995) was a Belgian liberal politician for the Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV). She was married to the physician Jacques Herman.
Michielsens first became a teacher like her mother, but later obtained a doctorate in law at the University of Ghent and became a civil servant. She became President of the national federation PVV-Vrouwen from 1970 and until 1978 and founder ...
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Lucienne Adeline Jeanne Ida Michielsens (Ghent, 13 March 1926 -22 January 1995) was a Belgian liberal politician for the Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV). She was married to the physician Jacques Herman.
Michielsens first became a teacher like her mother, but later obtained a doctorate in law at the University of Ghent and became a civil servant. She became President of the national federation PVV-Vrouwen from 1970 and until 1978 and founder and first President of the federation of Flemish PVV-Vrouwen (1978-1980). From 1977 until 1991 she was Ghent municipal council member and senator for the PVV in the Belgian Senate.
On 3 April 1990 the bill, which she submitted together with Roger Lallemand to legalize abortion under certain conditions, was approved by the Belgian parliament. This law modified Articles 348, 350, 351, and 352 of the Belgian penal code (title VII, chapter I) and raised Article 353. Herman-Michielsens was for a short period State Secretary for the Flemish...
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