Please answer the following question: Facts: - successor: hans spekman - party: labour party - primeminister: mark rutte - office: minister the labour party for foreign trade and development cooperation president of - predecessor: henk bleker michiel van hulten - term end: 22 january 2012 - term start: 5 november 2012 6 october 2007 - birth date: 12 july 1962 - name: lilianne ploumen - image: lilianne ploumen2.jpg - birth place: maastricht , netherlands - alma mater: erasmus university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lilianne ploumen .
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elisabeth maria josepha -lrb- lilianne -rrb- ploumen -lrb- born 12 july 1962 in maastricht -rrb- is a dutch politician of the labour party -lrb- pvda -rrb- .she has been minister for foreign trade and development cooperation in the second rutte cabinet since 5 november 2012 .she was also the chairwoman of the labour party from 6 october 2007 until 22 january 2012 , when she resigned and was succeeded by hans spekman .ploumen studied social history at erasmus university rotterdam .in the evening of her appointment as a minister she went to turkey for her first trade mission .