Editing Dominique Tilmans

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Dominique Tilmans was born August 4, 1951 in Wellin, the Province of Luxembourg, Belgium. She served as the Provincial Counselor of the Province of Luxembourg from 1987 – 2003.

== Biography ==

In 2007, she was elected to the Belgian Senate and served until May 2014. She created the Forum des Luxembourgeoises (Méridienne) and presided over it from 2001 to 2008. Méridienne seeks to help and encourage women in Luxembourg to be more active in their professional lives and realize their economic potential. In 2011, she was awarded the 'Femme de Paix' by the Conseil des Femmes Francophones de Belgique and is an Officer of the Order of Leopold.

== Education ==

She graduated from the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1975 in Political Science and Diplomacy. 

== Notable work ==

She was elected the first female Permanent Deputy to the Province of Luxembourg in 1993.

== Futher Information ==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgeaGkTNLh0 ICD - Lecture by Senator Dominique Tilmans "Space for Peace in the South Caucasus" (Brussels May 22nd - 24th, 2014)]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7-LHur07I4 ICD An Interview with Senator Dominique Tilmans (Brussels, May 22nd - 24th, 2014)]

== External Links and References ==

[http://www.cd-n.org/index.php?senator-dominique-tilmans-member-of-the-belgian-senate Biography on ICD Advisory Board Members ]

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