Ilona Lagas

Ilona Maria Lagas-Meijer (; born 31 January 1956) is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). She participated in the 2023 Senate election as the Farmer–Citizen Movement's lead candidate, and became the party's parliamentary leader in the Senate. Lagas joined the Farmer–Citizen Movement in 2021 after leaving the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), for which she previously served as a municipal councillor and alderwoman.

Biography Lagas was born on 31 January 1956 in Zwolle, Overijssel. She later joined the management of the college's programme in international trade.

Political career A member of the VVD, Lagas was elected into the municipal council of Nieuwleusen in 1990. Her portfolio as an alderwoman included spatial planning, environment and economic affairs. She was re-elected into the municipal council in the 2014 election, and left the municipal executive on 27 May 2014. From 2017 to 2018, she briefly served as a part-time alderwoman while one of the municipality's aldermen was on sick leave. Lagas left local politics in 2020.

In 2021, Lagas left the VVD, as she felt that the party no longer represented the interests of the countryside. After the election, she became the party's parliamentary leader in the Senate.

Personal life Lagas resides in Vinkenbuurt, Overijssel.