Government of G. Eyskens VI

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The government G. Eyskens VI officiated in Belgium on 21 January 1972 to 23 November 1972. After the early parliamentary elections in 1965 formed Gaston Eyskens (CVP), a government of the now in a Flemish ( CVP ) and Walloon ( PSC split) Party Christian Democrats and the Socialists ( PSB / BSP ). In autumn 1971 King Baudoin dissolved parliament at the request of the government and called new elections for November 7, 1971 , but the government remained in office. After the election, in which the ruling parties lost votes, Eyskens again formed a government of Christian Democrats and Socialists. After the proposed solution for resolving the language dispute in Fourons was declared unconstitutional by the State Council and conflicts arose among the coalition parties, Prime Minister Eyskens resigned on November 22, 1972. The five-party government formed by the Walloon socialist Edmond Leburton on January 26, 1973 included the Flemish ( CVP ) and Walloon Christian Democrats ( PSC ), the Socialists ( BSP-PSB ) and the Flemish ( PVV ) and Walloon ( PLP ) liberals .

cabinet

minister
Office Official Political party Beginning of the term of office Term expires
prime minister Gaston Eyskens CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Deputy Prime Minister
Education Minister		 André Cools PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Defense Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants PSC January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Foreign minister Pierre Harmel PSC January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister for Post, Telegraphy and Telephone Edouard Anseele PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister for Health and Family Léon Servais PSC January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Interior minister Renaat Van Elslande CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister of Justice Alfons Vranckx PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister for Public Works Jos De Saeger CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister of Labor Louis Major PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister for French Culture Charles Hanin PSC January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister of Social Affairs Louis Namèche PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister for Agriculture and Small Business Léo Tindemans CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister for Dutch Culture Frans Van Mechelen CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Finance minister André Vlerick CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister of Communication Fernand Delmotte PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Minister of Education Léon Hurez PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Economics Minister Henri Simonet PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretaries
State Secretary for Science to the Prime Minister Théo Lefèvre CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretary for Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Henri Fayat PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretary for Housing and Regional Planning in the Ministry of Public Works Gustave Breyne PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Alfred Califice PSC January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretary for Development Cooperation in the Foreign Ministry Lucien Harmegnies PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretary for the Public Service to the Prime Minister Léon Remacle PSC January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Small Business Antoon Steverlynck CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretary for the budget to the Prime Minister Frank Van Acker PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
State Secretary for Regional Economy in the Ministry of Economic Affairs Luc Dhoore CVP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972
Edouard Close PSB / BSP January 21, 1972 November 23, 1972

Remarks

There were two education ministers, a Flemish and a Walloon, and the same was true for the State Secretary for Regional Economics.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick Dumont, Lieven De Winter, Régis Dandoy: Démissions gouvernementales et performances électorales des majorités sortantes (1946-1999) . In: Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 17 , no. 1722 , 2001, ISSN  0008-9664 , p. 26th f ., doi : 10.3917 / cris.1722.0005 (French).

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