{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1988)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Family name hatnote|Den Uijl|Van Aelst|nd=yes|lang=Dutch}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lies van Aelst | image = Lies van Aelst 2023 (cropped).jpg | alt = A smiling Caucasian woman with dark hair indoors | caption = Van Aelst in 2023 | office1 = Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | term_start1 = 13 February 2024 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = [[Tiny Kox]] | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the [[Provincial Council of South Holland]] | term_start2 = 15 March 2007 | term_end2 = 6 March 2024 | office3 = Member of the [[Gorinchem]] [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal Council]] | term_start3 = April 2017 | term_end3 = March 2018 | birth_name = Rosalie den Uijl | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Gorinchem]], Netherlands | party = [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] | alma_mater = [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] | occupation = Politician }}
'''Rosalie''' "'''Lies'''"''' van Aelst-den Uijl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gorinchem.sp.nl/nieuws/2014/03/even-voorstellenlies|title=Even voorstellen....Lies|publisher=[[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|SP]] Gorinchem|date=2014-03-18|access-date=2024-09-15|language=nl}}</ref> ({{IPA|nl|ˈlis fɑn ˈaːlst}}; born 1 December 1988) is a Dutch politician of the [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] (SP).
== Early life and career == Van Aelst was born in [[Gorinchem]] in 1988, and she attended the Merewade College secondary school between 2001 and 2007. She subsequently studied to become Dutch language teacher at the [[Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences]] before switching to history at the [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] in 2009. She obtained her [[bachelor's degree]] in 2009, and she completed a research master in early modern intellectual history in 2016.<ref name="ek">{{Cite web |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/r_van_aelst_den_uijl_ma_sp |access-date = 5 March 2024 |language = nl |website = [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] |title = R. van Aelst-den Uijl MA (SP) }}</ref>
She became a member of the [[Provincial Council of South Holland]] in March 2007 on behalf of the SP. Van Aelst also served on the [[Gorinchem]] [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal Council]] between April 2017 and March 2018.<ref name="ek"/> She left the provincial council in early 2024 to became a member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] following the resignation of [[Tiny Kox]]. Van Aelst was sworn in on 13 February.<ref name="ek"/><ref>{{Cite press release |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20240213/van_aelst_den_uijl_sp |date = 13 February 2024 |access-date = 5 March 2024 |language = nl |website = [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] |title = Van Aelst-den Uijl (SP) geïnstalleerd als Eerste Kamerlid |trans-title = Van Aelst-den Uijl (SP) sworn into the Senate }}</ref>
=== Senate committee assignments === * Committee on Infrastructure, Water Management and the Environment * Committee on Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality * Committee on Social Affairs and Employment * Committee on Health, Welfare and Sport<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.eerstekamer.nl/commissies?lid=vmaoe9quylnq |access-date = 5 March 2024 |language = nl |website = [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] |title = Lidmaatschappen R. van Aelst-den Uijl |trans-title = Memberships R. van Aelst-den Uijl }}</ref>
== Personal life == {{as of|2024|post=,}} she is married and lives in Gorinchem.<ref name="ek"/>
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{{Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2023–2027|state=collapsed}} {{authority control}}
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