Yvette Laclé

Yvette Laclé (born August 25, 1955) until early 2009 known as Yvette Lont(-Eersel), is a former Dutch local politician for the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie) and later as an independent one in Amsterdam from 2002 to 2008.^[1]

Biography

Born in in Paramaribo, Suriname, Laclé arrived in the Netherlands when she was eight. After her parents divorced, she was brought up by her mother. While her mother was out at work, she started to experiment with drugs. When 16, she left home and began to work as a dancer, first at the theatre, later in an Amsterdam nightclub. She was offered cocaine by a pimp, became addicted and worked as a prostitute in return for more and more drugs. During her nine years as a prostitute, she had a child but finally reached the point where she spent three days out of control as a result of the effects of hard drugs, completely forgetting her child. Realizing that she could not expect assistance from those around her, she turned to God, calling for his help. She immediately recognized she had received supernatural strength and that she was now in a position to fight her problem. The next day her mother called her, she asked for forgiveness and her mother took her to a rehabilitation centre where she received methodone. She managed to kick the habit but ascribes her success entirely to the power of God.^[2]

By 2007, Laclé had married and had become active in Amsterdam's municipal politics. She now also assists drug addicts, alcoholics and prostitutes, encouraging them to start a new life through the Op de Rots foundation, of which she is director.^[2]

References

^ "Politica Laclé uitgeroepen tot 'meest wereldvreemde christen'". Trouw (in Dutch). 3 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b Kees Langeveld, "Yvette Lont: Van prostituee tot politica", Keerpunt, 10 March 2007. Template:Nl icon Retrieved 14 May 2013.

External links

"Lont wil homo's uit bestuur CU weren" (in Dutch). 31 October 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
"Lont blijft bij CU na excuses voorzitter -". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). 7 September 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
Lont, Yvette (28 August 2007). "Andere weg voor homo's". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2013.
"Yvette Lont-Eersel (46) geïnstalleerd als deelraadslid Christenunie" (in Dutch). Nieuws bank. 15 March 2002. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

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[1] "Politica Laclé uitgeroepen tot 'meest wereldvreemde christen'". Trouw (in Dutch). 3 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

[kl-2] Kees Langeveld, "Yvette Lont: Van prostituee tot politica", Keerpunt, 10 March 2007. Template:Nl icon Retrieved 14 May 2013.

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