Paul Vanden Boeynants

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Paul Vanden Boeynants, 1966

Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants listen ? / i (born May 22, 1919 in Forest / Vorst , Belgium ; † January 9, 2001 in Brussels ) was a Belgian politician. He was Prime Minister of Belgium for two short terms. Audio file / audio sample

Life

Vanden Boeynants (always called VDB by journalists) was born on May 22, 1919 in Brussels (Forest district), Belgium. He initially worked in the meat industry and in 1949 became a member of the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC) in the Chamber of Deputies , which he even headed from 1961 to 1966. He became Prime Minister of Belgium on March 19, 1966, which he remained until June 17, 1968. He became Belgian Defense Minister in 1972 and Prime Minister again on October 20, 1978, both of which he resigned in 1979. That year he also left the House of Representatives. He resigned from the political scene for good in 1995 and died in a hospital on January 9, 2001 of pneumonia after undergoing heart surgery.

Amounted to

In 1986 Boeynants was convicted of fraud and tax evasion . He was sentenced to three years parole. This made his interim plans to run for mayor of Brussels ruined.

kidnapping

Vanden Boeynants was kidnapped on January 14, 1989 by members of the so-called Haemers Gang, who carried out several armed attacks in the 1980s and three days later demanded thirty million Belgian francs for the release of Boeynants in the daily Le Soir . A month later, on February 23, Vanden Boeynants was released for a ransom payment of an unknown amount. The criminals were later caught and Patrick Haemers (* 1953), who was caught in Brazil in May 1989 and was the head of the gang, committed suicide on May 14, 1993, while the other two gang members were able to break out of prison that same year.

Awards

literature

  • N. Hirson, Paul Vanden Boeynants , Brussel, 1969.
  • Paul Debognie, Les Amis de Paul Vanden Boeynants et leurs Affaires , Ed. Vie Ouvrière, Brussels, 1970
  • Raoul Stuyck, Vanden Boeynants, boeman of superman? , 1973.
  • Helmut Gaus, Politiek Biografisch Woordenboek , 1989.
  • Els Cleemput & Alain Guillaume, La rançon d'une vie. Paul Vanden Boeynants 30 jours aux mains de Patrick Haemers , Brussels, 1990.
  • D. Ilegems & J. Willems, De avonturen van VDB , 1991.
  • P. Havaux & P. ​​Marlet, Sur la piste des crocodiles , 1994.
  • Manu Ruys, Paul Vanden Boeynants , in: Nieuwe encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Bewegungsing, Tielt, 1998.
  • Armand De Decker, Senate Chairman, In Memoriam Paul Vanden Boeynants , Belgian Senate, Parliamentary Actions , session January 18, 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.affaires-criminelles.com
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Boeynants, Paul Vanden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boeynants, Paul Emile François Henri Vanden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Forest / Vorst , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2001
Place of death Brussels