Heleen Dupuis

{{Infobox officeholder |name = Heleen Dupuis |image = File:HeleenDupuis2014.jpg |office = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Dutch Senate]] |term_start = 8 June 1999 |term_end = 9 June 2015 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|05|30|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] }} '''Heleen Margriet Dupuis''' (born 30 May 1945) is a Dutch [[ethicist]], professor, and politician who served in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] from 1999 to 2015 as part of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD). Her father was a doctor with a practice out of her hometown of [[Rotterdam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1998/06/06/ethicus-heleen-dupuis-ik-ben-voor-een-moraal-van-goede-7401964-a1209102|title=Ethicus Heleen Dupuis: 'Ik ben voor een moraal van goede redenen'|publisher=[[NRC Handelsblad]]|date=6 June 1998|accessdate=7 November 2017|language=nl}}</ref> She began her professional career as a part-time teacher and professor in the 1970s. From there, she worked in the ethics department at [[Leiden University]]. She served as chairman of the Dutch Voluntary Euthanasia Association from 1981 to 1985, and has also served as chairman of the [[Alzheimer's]] Council of the Netherlands; she cites the death of her first husband from dementia in her support of voluntary euthanasia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plusonline.nl/gezondheid/heleen-dupuis-vecht-voor-de-regie-over-je-eigen-leven|title=Heleen Dupuis vecht voor de regie over je eigen leven|publisher=plusonline.nl|date=12 August 2016|accessdate=7 November 2017|language=nl|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151626/https://www.plusonline.nl/gezondheid/heleen-dupuis-vecht-voor-de-regie-over-je-eigen-leven|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After her time as chair, Dupuis became a professor of medicine and ethics at Leiden University beginning in 1986. In 1991, her title changed to Professor of Medical Ethics, a position she served at alongside her political career until 2003, when she became professor emeritus.<ref name=pzc>{{cite web|url=https://www.pzc.nl/zeeuws-nieuws/heleen-dupuis-in-nederland-graait-de-overheid~ab112d65/|title=Heleen Dupuis: 'In Nederland graait de overheid'|publisher=[[Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant]]|date=1 May 2017|accessdate=7 November 2017|language=nl}}</ref> Dupuis's political career began in 1999 when she was named to the Senate as a member of the VVD. She served as vice-chair of the Senate from 2007 to 2011. Her focuses as a Senator were on public healthcare and higher education, in particular wanting the budget moved from healthcare to education, as well as a focus on stricter ethics in medicine.<ref name=pzc/> She served as a Senator until 2015, when the VVD lost three seats, including hers; she served in an advisory role in healthcare insurance discussions after leaving the Senate.<ref name=pzc/>

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