Leterme I government

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The Belgian government, Leterme I, was in office from March 20, 2008 to December 30, 2008. On March 22, 2008, the Chamber of Deputies gave her confidence. The government consisted of fifteen ministers (including prime ministers) and seven state secretaries.

This first government, led by Yves Leterme (CD&V), was made up of the Flemish (Open VLD) and Francophone Liberals (MR), the Flemish Christian Democrats (CD&V) and the Francophone Center Humanists (cdH) and Socialists (PS).

With the formation of the Leterme I government, a nine-month government crisis temporarily ended, which was bridged by the Verhofstadt III government under Guy Verhofstadt . On July 14, 2008, Leterme offered King Albert II his resignation for the first time due to internal tensions , but the latter refused the request.

As a result of the so-called " Fortis affair", in which judicial circles reported that Yves Leterme had exerted pressure on the judges, who dealt with irregularities in the sale of the Fortis group to the BNP Paribas bank, from politics and especially from high-ranking employees and thus the separation of powers was violated, the Leterme I government resigned after nine months in office on December 19, 2008. The king accepted this resignation on December 22, 2008. The successor government was the Van Rompuy government on December 30, 2008 with almost the same composition as the Leterme I government.

composition

minister Surname Political party
prime minister Yves Leterme CD&V
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Institutional Reform Didier Reynders MR
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Institutional Reform Jo Vandeurzen CD&V
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Internal Affairs Patrick Dewael Open VLD
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Labor and Pensions Joëlle Milquet cdH
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Social Affairs and Health Laurette Onkelinx PS
Minister for Foreign Affairs Karel de Gucht Open VLD
Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem CD&V
Minister for Development Cooperation Charles Michel MR
Minister for Public Service and Public Enterprises Inge Vervotte CD&V
Minister for Economy Vincent Van Quickenborne Open VLD
Minister for SMEs, Self-Employed, Agriculture and Science Sabine Laruelle MR
Minister for Migration and Asylum Affairs Annemie Turtelboom Open VLD
Minister for Social Integration, Pensions and Large Cities Marie Arena PS
Minister for Climate and Energy Paul Magnette PS
State Secretaries Surname Political party
State Secretary for Mobility Etienne Schouppe CD&V
State Secretary for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention Carl Devlies CD&V
State Secretary for Finance Bernard Clerfayt MR
State Secretary for the Preparation of the European Presidency Olivier Chastel MR
State Secretary for people with a disability Julie Fernandez Fernandez PS
State Secretary for the Budget and Family Policy Melchior Wathelet cdH
State Secretary for Poverty Reduction Jean-Marc Delizée
until April 19, 2008: Frédéric Laloux 		PS
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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lesoir.be: Leterme 1er a la confiance de la Chambre (March 22, 2008) (French)
  2. ^ Spiegel Online: Crisis in Belgium: King Albert rejects Leterme's resignation (July 18, 2008)
  3. ↑ DeMorgen.be: Koning aanvaardt ontslag, Martens wordt verkenner (December 22, 2008) (ndl.)
  4. ↑ Spiegel Online: Belgium: King appoints Van Rompuy as the new head of government (December 30, 2008)