# Ilona Lagas

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Dutch politician (born 1956)

In this [Dutch name](/source/Dutch_name), the birth [surname](/source/Surname) is *Meijer* and the [marital name](/source/Married_name) is *Lagas*.

Ilona Lagas Leader of the Farmer–Citizen Movement in the Senate Incumbent Assumed office 13 June 2023 Member of the Senate Incumbent Assumed office 13 June 2023 Parliamentary group Farmer–Citizen Movement Alderwoman of Ommen In office 17 July 2017 – 2018 (acting) Serving with Theo Katerberg Preceded by Hans ter Keurst In office 6 April 2006 – 27 May 2014 Personal details Born Ilona Maria Meijer (1956-01-31) 31 January 1956 (age 70) Zwolle, Netherlands Party BBB (since 2021) Other political affiliations VVD (until 2021) Spouse Ad Lagas Occupation Politician teacher consultant

**Ilona Maria Lagas-Meijer** (Dutch: [\[iˈloːnaː laːˌɣɑs ˈmɛiər\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch); born 31 January 1956)[1] is a Dutch politician of the [Farmer–Citizen Movement](/source/Farmer%E2%80%93Citizen_Movement) (BBB). She participated in the [2023 Senate election](/source/2023_Dutch_Senate_election) as the Farmer–Citizen Movement's [lead candidate](/source/Lead_candidate), and became the party's [parliamentary leader](/source/Parliamentary_leader) in the [Senate](/source/Senate_(Netherlands)). Lagas joined the Farmer–Citizen Movement in 2021 after leaving the [People's Party for Freedom and Democracy](/source/People's_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy) (VVD), for which she previously served as a municipal councillor and [alderwoman](/source/Alderman_(Netherlands)).

## Biography

Lagas was born on 31 January 1956 in [Zwolle](/source/Zwolle), [Overijssel](/source/Overijssel).[1] After working in a hospital laboratory for eleven years, she became a teacher in German and [civics](/source/Citizenship_education_(subject)) at a college for [vocational education](/source/Vocational_education) (MBO) in 1985.[2] She later joined the management of the college's programme in [international trade](/source/International_trade).[2] Since 2014, she has been a self-employed government consultant.[2][3]

### Political career

A member of the VVD, Lagas was elected into the [municipal council](/source/Municipal_council_(Netherlands)) of [Nieuwleusen](/source/Nieuwleusen) in 1990.[2][3] She was re-elected in the 1994 municipal election, but left the council in 1995 when she moved out of the municipality.[3] From 1998, she served as a member of the municipal council of [Ommen](/source/Ommen), until she joined the [municipal executive](/source/Municipal_executive) on 6 April 2006.[4] Her portfolio as an alderwoman included [spatial planning](/source/Spatial_planning), environment and economic affairs.[3]

In 2011, Lagas survived a [motion of no confidence](/source/Motion_of_no_confidence) after a municipal construction project had resulted in a loss of €28.5 million.[2][5] She was re-elected into the municipal council in the 2014 election, and left the municipal executive on 27 May 2014.[6][7] From 2017 to 2018, she briefly served as a [part-time](/source/Part-time_job) alderwoman while one of the municipality's aldermen was on [sick leave](/source/Sick_leave).[8][9] Lagas left local politics in 2020.[10]

In 2021, Lagas left the VVD, as she felt that the party no longer represented the interests of the countryside.[2] The [fourth Rutte cabinet](/source/Fourth_Rutte_cabinet)'s policy to reduce agricultural [nitrogen pollution](/source/Human_impact_on_the_nitrogen_cycle) by 50% before 2030 contributed to her decision to leave the party.[2] Lagas subsequently joined the [Farmer–Citizen Movement](/source/Farmer%E2%80%93Citizen_Movement). She was elected into the [Provincial Council of Overijssel](/source/Provincial_Council_of_Overijssel) in the [2023 provincial elections](/source/2023_Dutch_provincial_elections), but did not accept her seat due to her scheduled participation in the [2023 Senate election](/source/2023_Dutch_Senate_election) as the Farmer–Citizen Movement's [lead candidate](/source/Lead_candidate).[11] After the election, she became the party's [parliamentary leader](/source/Parliamentary_leader) in the [Senate](/source/Senate_(Netherlands)).[12]

## Personal life

Lagas resides in [Vinkenbuurt](/source/Vinkenbuurt), Overijssel.[3] She is married to Ad Lagas, with whom she has a son and a daughter.[2] Her husband is the founder of a [classical liberal](/source/Classical_liberalism) faction within the [People's Party for Freedom and Democracy](/source/People's_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy).[2] He later also defected to the Farmer–Citizen Movement.[2] Her daughter, Marijke Lagas, is a [cystic fibrosis](/source/Cystic_fibrosis) patient, who successfully advocated for health insurance coverage of treatment with [lumacaftor/ivacaftor](/source/Lumacaftor%2Fivacaftor) in the Netherlands.[2][13]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-birth_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-birth_1-1) ["Akte van oprichting van Stichting Openbaar Onderwijs Zwolle en Regio"](https://ris.dalfsen.nl/Raadsinformatie/14-2-Benoeming-lid-Raad-van-Toezicht-St-Openbaar-Onderwijs-Zwolle-en-Regio-Oprichtingsakte.pdf) (PDF). *3 September 2012* (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-Volkskrant_2-10) Hofs, Yvonne (9 February 2023). ["Flapuit met poten in Vechtdal-klei wordt BBB-leider in Eerste Kamer"](https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/flapuit-met-poten-in-vechtdal-klei-wordt-bbb-leider-in-eerste-kamer~b9565461/). *[de Volkskrant](/source/De_Volkskrant)* (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2023.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BBB_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BBB_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-BBB_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-BBB_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-BBB_3-4) ["Ilona Lagas"](https://boerburgerbeweging.nl/kandidaten/ilona-lagas/). *BoerBurgerBeweging* (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hulsink, Lagas en Geurs worden wethouder"](https://www.destentor.nl/ommen/hulsink-lagas-en-geurs-worden-wethouder~a2662a39/). *[De Stentor](/source/De_Stentor)* (in Dutch). 1 April 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Wethouders Ommen kunnen blijven zitten"](https://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/135478/wethouders-ommen-kunnen-blijven-zitten). *[RTV Oost](/source/RTV_Oost)* (in Dutch). 16 December 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Wethouder Lagas is voortaan liever raadslid in Ommen"](https://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/189329/wethouder-lagas-is-voortaan-liever-raadslid-in-ommen). *[RTV Oost](/source/RTV_Oost)* (in Dutch). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Uitnodiging Afscheid wethouder Ilona Lagas 27 mei 2014"](https://web.archive.org/web/20241127111642/https://ommen.raadsinformatie.nl/modules/15/module/133122). *Gemeente Ommen*. 21 May 2014. Archived from [the original](https://ommen.raadsinformatie.nl/modules/15/module/133122) on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Ilona Lagas en Theo Katerberg waarnemend wethouders voor Hans ter Keurst"](https://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/272131/ilona-lagas-en-theo-katerberg-waarnemend-wethouders-voor-hans-ter-keurst). *[RTV Oost](/source/RTV_Oost)* (in Dutch). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Veltmaat, Sandra (5 July 2017). ["Zieke wethouder Ommen krijgt twee tijdelijke vervangers"](https://www.destentor.nl/ommen/zieke-wethouder-ommen-krijgt-twee-tijdelijke-vervangers~aa0eaa40/) (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Koerhuis, Benny (16 December 2019). ["Ilona Lagas stopt als raadslid VVD Ommen en wordt waakhond van het regionaal openbaar onderwijs"](https://www.destentor.nl/ommen/ilona-lagas-stopt-als-raadslid-vvd-ommen-en-wordt-waakhond-van-het-regionaal-openbaar-onderwijs~ae8bbe05/). *[De Stentor](/source/De_Stentor)* (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["BoerBurgerBeweging laat door winst 'gaten' vallen in provincies"](https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20230316_59585802). *[Noordhollands Dagblad](/source/Noordhollands_Dagblad)* (in Dutch). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Wier, Marten van de (16 March 2023). ["Ex-VVD-wethouder en conflictoplosser Ilona Lagas (67) wordt boegbeeld BBB in de Eerste Kamer"](https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/ex-vvd-wethouder-en-conflictoplosser-ilona-lagas-67-wordt-boegbeeld-bbb-in-de-eerste-kamer~b826ca75/). *[Trouw](/source/Trouw)* (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Koolen, André (26 October 2017). ["Haagse Marijke (30) blij met middel tegen taaislijmziekte: 'Ik kan nu 80 worden!'"](https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/3538811/haagse-marijke-30-blij-met-middel-tegen-taaislijmziekte-ik-kan-nu-80-worden). *[Omroep West](/source/Omroep_West)* (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2023.

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027 Senate 13 June 2023 – present GroenLinks–Labour Party 14 seats Rosenmöller (leader) Crone Fiers Van Gurp Janssen-van Helvoort Karimi Kluit-Sledsens Martens Ramsodit Recourt Roovers Thijssen Veldhoen Vos (president, 2025–present) Farmer–Citizen Movement 12 seats Lagas (leader) Croll Goossen Griffioen Heijnen Jaspers Klopman Van Knapen Kroon Van Langen-Visbeek Lievense Marquart Scholtz Oplaat Panman Van Wijk Walenkamp People's Party for Freedom and Dem. 9 seats Schippers (leader, 2023–2025) Klip-Martin (leader, 2025–present) Van Ballekom Van den Berg Bruijn (president, 2023–2025) Geerdink Kaljouw Van der Linden Meijer Musa Petersen Van de Sanden Straus Vogels Democrats 66 7 seats Van Meenen (leader) Aerdts Belhirch Croll Dittrich Griffioen Kanis Kilic-Karaasian Moonen Christian Democratic Appeal 6 seats Bovens (leader) Bakker-Klein Doornhof Prins-Modderaar Rietkerk Van Toorenburg Party for Freedom 4 seats Faber-van de Klashorst (leader, 2023–2024) Van Hattem (leader, 2024–present) Bezaan Van Kesteren Van Strien JA21 2 seats Nanninga (leader, 2023–2025) Van Bijsterveld (leader, 2025–present) Baumgarten Socialist Party 3 seats Janssen (leader) Van Aelst-den Uijl Van Apeldoorn Kox Christian Union 3 seats Huizinga-Heringa (leader) Holterhues Talsma Forum for Democracy 3 seats Dessing (leader) Kemperman Van den Oetelaar Party for the Animals (de jure) 2 seats Koffeman (leader, 2023–2025) Visseren-Hamakers (leader, 2025) Nicolaï (leader, 2025–present) Volt 2 seats Perin-Gopie (leader) Hartog Reformed Political Party 2 seats Schalk (leader) Van Dijk De Vries 50Plus 1 seat Van Rooijen (leader) Independent Politics Netherlands 1 seat Van der Goot (leader) Beukering Group 1 seat Beukering (leader) Van de Sanden Group 1 seat Van de Sanden (leader) Visseren-Hamakers Group 1 seat Visseren-Hamakers (leader) Walenkamp Group 1 seat Walenkamp (leader) Van Gasteren Group 1 seat Van Gasteren (leader) See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2021–2023 2023–2025 2025–present

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