# Heleen Dupuis

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Dutch politician (born 1945)

Heleen Dupuis Member of the Dutch Senate In office 8 June 1999 – 9 June 2015 Personal details Born (1945-05-30) 30 May 1945 (age 81) Rotterdam, Netherlands Party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

**Heleen Margriet Dupuis** (born 30 May 1945) is a Dutch [ethicist](/source/Ethicist), professor, and politician who served in the [Senate](/source/Senate_(Netherlands)) from 1999 to 2015 as part of the [People's Party for Freedom and Democracy](/source/People's_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy) (VVD). Her father was a doctor with a practice out of her hometown of [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam).[1] 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](/source/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](/source/Alzheimer's) Council of the Netherlands; she cites the death of her first husband from dementia in her support of voluntary euthanasia.[2]

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.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ethicus Heleen Dupuis: 'Ik ben voor een moraal van goede redenen'"](https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1998/06/06/ethicus-heleen-dupuis-ik-ben-voor-een-moraal-van-goede-7401964-a1209102) (in Dutch). [NRC Handelsblad](/source/NRC_Handelsblad). 6 June 1998. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Heleen Dupuis vecht voor de regie over je eigen leven"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151626/https://www.plusonline.nl/gezondheid/heleen-dupuis-vecht-voor-de-regie-over-je-eigen-leven) (in Dutch). plusonline.nl. 12 August 2016. Archived from [the original](https://www.plusonline.nl/gezondheid/heleen-dupuis-vecht-voor-de-regie-over-je-eigen-leven) on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pzc_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pzc_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pzc_3-2) ["Heleen Dupuis: 'In Nederland graait de overheid'"](https://www.pzc.nl/zeeuws-nieuws/heleen-dupuis-in-nederland-graait-de-overheid~ab112d65/) (in Dutch). [Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant](/source/Provinciale_Zeeuwse_Courant). 1 May 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands (2011–2015) Senate 7 June 2011 – 8 June 2015 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 16) Hermans Beckers Bröcker Broekers-Knol (president) ‹Bruijn› Dupuis Duthler F. de Graaf (president) De Grave Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen Kneppers-Heynert Knip ‹Van Rey› Schaap Schouwenaar Swagerman Labour Party (PvdA: 14) Barth Beuving ‹Duivesteijn› Ter Horst ‹Koning› Koole Linthorst ‹Meurs› ‹Noten› Postema ‹Putters› Schrijver Sent Sylvester Vlietstra De Vries ‹Witteveen› ‹Van Zandbrink› Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 11) Brinkman Van Bijsterveld Essers Flierman Franken Hoekstra Van der Linden Lokin-Sassen Martens Terpstra De Vries-Leggedoor Party for Freedom (PVV: 10) ‹M. de Graaf› ‹De Graaff› Faber ‹Van Beek› Van Dijk Frijters-Klijnen ‹Klever› ‹Kok› ‹Kops› Popken Reynaers Sørensen Van Strien Socialist Party (SP: 8) Kox Elzinga ‹Gerkens› ‹Meijer› Quik-Schuijt Reuten Ruers Slagter-Roukema ‹Smaling› ‹Vliegenthart› Democrats 66 (D66: 5) Van Boxtel Backer Engels Th. de Graaf Scholten GroenLinks (GL: 5) Thissen De Boer Ganzevoort Strik Vos Christian Union (CU: 2) Kuiper Ester Reformed Political Party (SGP: 1) Holdijk 50PLUS (50+: 1) Nagel Party for the Animals (PvdD: 1) Koffeman Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1) De Lange Bold indicates the parliamentary leader (first mentioned); ‹Guillemets› indicate a member who did not serve the full term

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