Alfred Califice

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Alfred Califice (born October 2, 1916 in Mélen, Soumagne , † March 10, 1999 in Charleroi ) was a Belgian politician of the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC). He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies , the Senate and the Walloon Parliament as well as State Secretary and Minister in various Belgian governments . On December 2, 1983, he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State .

Life

World War II and union official

Alfred Califice, who was a member of the Parti catholique social (PCS) between 1933 and 1940 , acquired a diploma in administrative sciences at the École provinciale in Liège in 1936 and took part from May 10, 1940 to the occupation of Belgium by the German Wehrmacht after the surrender on May 28, 1940 participated in the Second World War, the so-called campagne des 18 jours . In 1941 he became an employee of a local government and then from 1943 to 1945 of the Charleroi-based electric machine factory ACEC (Ateliers de Constructions Électriques de Charleroi) .

There Califice began his involvement in the Christian trade union movement and after the end of the war in 1945 first joined the Union Démocratique Belge (UDB) and shortly afterwards the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC). In the following period he was permanent secretary of the General Christian Trade Union Confederation ACV / CSC (Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond / Confédération des syndicats chrétiens) in Charleroi and Thuin between 1946 and 1965 . At the same time he was a member of the national office of the ACV / CSC from 1947 to 1965 and president of the Christian trade unions of the province of Hainaut between 1947 and 1965 . He was involved in the Walloon movement and at the same time from 1956 to 1962 lecturer at the École libre de service social in Charleroi and from 1959 to 1962 lecturer at the École provinciale de service social in Châtelineau . In 1964 he became Vice President of the Christian labor movement MOC (Mouvement ouvrier chrétien) in Charleroi.

Member of Parliament, State Secretary and Minister

As the successor to Oscar Behogne , Alfred Califice became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the first time on May 23, 1965 and represented the interests of the Charleroi district in this until 1978 . He was also a member of the European Parliament between 1968 and 1972 . In the Chamber of Deputies, a leading PSC representative was in favor of Wallonia's interests and voted in favor of the major constitutional amendment that led to the establishment of the Flemish, Walloon and German Communities in 1970 . He was subsequently a member of the Economic Council of the French Community of Belgium between 1971 and 1975 .

In the government of G. Eyskens VI , Califice was State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning from January 21 to November 23, 1972. In the Leburton I government that followed, he became Minister for Public Works on January 26, 1973, and held this ministerial office in the Leburton II government until April 25, 1974 . He then took over in the Tindemans I government on April 25, 1974 as Minister for Employment and Labor and as Minister for Walloon Affairs. In addition, from June 11, 1974, he was also Minister for Spatial Planning and Housing. After various government reshuffles, he held these ministerial posts until June 3, 1977. As Minister for Walloon Affairs, he also served as President of the Ministerial Committee for Walloon Affairs. In 1974 he also voted for the constitutional amendment, which led to a provisional regionalization. From June 3, 1977 to October 11, 1978, he served as Minister for Social Insurance and State Secretary for Social Affairs in the Tindemans II government and also held this ministerial office in the Vanden Boeynant II government (October 20, 1978 to December 18, 1978) .

Senator and other ministerial offices

On January 17, 1979, Alfred Califice became a member of the Senate and was a member of it until 1985. In the Martens I government , he took over the office of Minister for Social Welfare and Pensions on April 3, 1979 and also held this office in the Martens II government from January 23 to April 9, 1980. He also voted for the constitutional amendment of August 1980, which led to the introduction of parliaments in the respective language communities, and was then from 1980 to 1985 also a member of the regional council of the French Community of Belgium, the Conseil régional wallon . In the Martens III government , he was appointed Minister of Public Health and the Environment on May 18, 1980, and held this post until October 7, 1980.

After leaving the government between 1981 and 1990, Califice was still active as President of the Federation for Christian Communities in Charleroi (Fédération de Charleroi des Mutualités chrétiennes) and from 1983 until his death in 1999 as President of the Union of Christian Pensioners (Union chrétienne des pensionnés ) . On December 2, 1983, he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State . When he left the Senate in October 1985, he ended his parliamentary career after 20 years. In September 2012 he was posthumously awarded the Officer's Cross of the Walloon Order of Merit.

Web links

  • Entry in Connaître la Wallonie

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Government Leburton I in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique
  2. ^ Government of Tindemans I in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique
  3. ^ Government of Vanden Boeynants II in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique
  4. ^ Martens I government in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique
  5. ^ Martens II government in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique
  6. ^ Martens III government in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique
personal data
SURNAME Califice, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Mélen, Soumagne
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1999
Place of death Charleroi