Charles Hanin

Charles Marie Paul Baron Hanin (born September 19, 1914 in Wellin , Luxembourg Province ; † June 16, 2012 ) was a Belgian lawyer and politician of the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC), who was minister several times.

Life

After attending school, Hanin completed a law degree , which he completed with a doctorate in law and a licentiate as a notary . He then worked as a lawyer .

He began his political career in the late 1950s when he was elected to the Provincial Council of the Province of Luxembourg in 1958, of which he was a member until 1965. He then became a member of the Senate in 1965 and was a member of it until 1975. At times he was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly , where Chairman of the faction of the Christian Democrats .

On June 17, 1968, Hanin was appointed to a government for the first time by Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens as the successor to Adhémar d'Alcantara as Minister for the Middle Class. In this function, he mainly campaigned for the improvement of the social status of the self-employed by increasing their pensions, child benefits and health insurance. He held this office until a government was formed in 1972, when he succeeded Albert Parisis as Minister for French Culture, while Leo Tindemans succeeded him as Minister for the Middle Class. In 1972 he was one of the co-founders of the PSC.

On January 26, 1973, Edmond Leburton , Eyskens' successor as Prime Minister, appointed him Minister of Science and Minister of East Belgium and Tourism. He held these offices until the end of Leburton's tenure on April 25, 1974. As Minister of Science, he was a proponent of a European space program , including the signing of an agreement with France for the realization of the Ariane rocket . In addition, during this time he was active in the further expansion of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Louvain-la-Neuve .

Then the new Prime Minister Leo Tindemans appointed him Minister of the Interior, although six weeks later on June 14, 1974, he was replaced in this office by Joseph Michel .

After leaving the Senate, he became involved in local politics and was mayor of Marche-en-Famenne between 1977 and 1988 . For a time he was also the chairman of the Royal Commission for Monuments and Historical Places in the Walloon Region and in 1979 chairman of the Parti Social Chrétien.

For his many years of service, he was raised to hereditary nobility as a baron in 1998 .

Web links

• Décès du baron Charles Hanin, un des fondateurs du Parti social chrétien . In: RTL Info from June 16, 2012
• PSC co-founder Charles Hanin passes away . In: De Redactie of June 17, 2012
• PSC co-founder Charles Hanin passes away . In: BRF of June 17, 2012
• PSC co-founder Charles Hanin has passed away - ex-minister for the eastern cantons . In: Grenzecho of June 18, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Belgian Key Ministeries (rulers.org)