Dehaene II government

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The Belgian government Dehaene II was in office from June 23, 1995 to July 12, 1999. On June 30, 1995, she received the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies . It consisted of fifteen ministers (including prime ministers) and two state secretaries.

This second government, led by Jean-Luc Dehaene (CVP), was composed of Flemish and Francophone Christian Socials ( CVP and PSC ) and Socialists ( SP and PS ). The Dehaene II government is the successor to the Dehaene I government , which was also composed of Christian Socialists and Socialists. In the federal elections on May 21, 1995, the outgoing government was confirmed in office despite the so-called " Agusta affair ".

During its tenure, the Dehaene II government made profound personnel changes several times. Melchior Wathelet first left the government to represent Belgium as a judge at the European Court of Justice , and was replaced by Jean-Pol Poncelet . Philippe Maystadt left the government after he was elected party president of the PSC and handed over his office to Jean-Jacques Viseur . However, three scandals in particular caused the resignation of various ministers: First, Stefaan De Clerck and Johan Vande Lanotte withdrew after Marc Dutroux , Belgium's "Public Enemy No. 1", successfully broke out of custody for a few hours on April 23, 1998 could. They were replaced by Tony Van Parys and Louis Tobback . The latter stumbled upon the " Semira Adamu " affair a few months later , in which an illegal immigrant from Nigeria was suffocated with a pillow by the police while she was being deported and died. Shortly before the elections, the so-called “ dioxin crisis” finally broke out in Belgium , during which it became clear that numerous foods were contaminated with dioxins . The ministers Marcel Colla and Karel Pinxten resigned and their responsibilities were divided among the remaining members of the government.

In the federal elections on June 13, 1999, the Dehaene II government was punished for these ongoing scandals. The Christian Socials in particular suffered a bitter defeat and, from June 12, 1999, after the formation of the successor government Verhofstadt I under Guy Verhofstadt (VLD), which associated liberals, socialists and Greens (so-called “rainbow coalition”), for the first time in 41 years press the opposition bench.

composition

minister Surname Political party
prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene CVP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy, Telecommunications and Foreign Trade
until June 19, 1998: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Telecommunications 		Elio Di Rupo PS
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and Public Health
until June 1, 1999: Vice Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior 		Luc Van den Bossche
until September 26, 1998: Louis Tobback
until April 24, 1998: Johan Vande Lanotte 		SP
SP
SP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for National Defense and Energy
until June 19, 1998: Minister for National Defense
until September 3, 1995: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for National Defense 		Jean-Pol Poncelet
until September 3, 1995: Melchior Wathelet 		PSC
PSC
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for the Budget, Agriculture and SMEs
until June 1, 1999: Vice Prime Minister, Minister for the Budget 		Herman Van Rompuy CVP
Minister of Finance
until June 19, 1998: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and External Trade
until September 3, 1995: Minister of Finance and External Trade 		Jean-Jacques Viseur
until June 19, 1998: Philippe Maystadt 		PSC
PSC
Minister for Science Policy Yvan Ylieff PS
Minister for Pensions, Security, Social Inclusion and Environment
until June 1, 1999: Minister for Public Health and Pensions 		Jan Peeters
until June 1, 1999: Marcel Colla 		SP
SP
Minister for Foreign Affairs Erik Derycke SP
Minister for Employment and Labor, responsible for gender equality policy Rent Smet CVP
Minister for Social Affairs Magda De Galan PS
Minister for Agriculture and SMEs
dissolved on June 1, 1999 		-
until June 1, 1999: Karel Pinxten 		-
CVP
Minister of Transport Michel Daerden PS
Minister of Justice Tony Van Parys
until April 24, 1998: Stefaan De Clerck 		CVP
CVP
Minister for Public Office André Flahaut PS
Minister for Development Cooperation
New office from June 1, 1999 		Reginald Moreels CVP
State Secretaries Surname Political party
State Secretary for Development Cooperation
Office dissolved on June 1, 1999 		-
until June 1, 1999: Reginald Moreels 		-
CVP
State Secretary for Security and Environment
Office dissolved on June 1, 1999 		-
until June 1, 1999: Jan Peeters 		-
SP

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