Martens IX government

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The Belgian Martens IX government was in office from September 29, 1991 to March 7, 1992. On October 9, 1991 she received the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate . It consisted of seventeen ministers (including the prime minister) and nine state secretaries.

This ninth government, led by Wilfried Martens (CVP), was composed of Flemish and Francophone Christian Socials ( CVP and PSC ) and Socialists ( SP and PS ). The government Martens IX is the successor to the government Martens VIII , consisting of Christian Socialists, Socialists and Flemish -nationalist Volksunie was compiled (VU). Martens IX emerged after the resignation of the VU government, which refused to allow arms to be exported from the Walloon region to Saudi Arabia . Without the VU, the government still had an absolute majority in parliament, but not a two-thirds majority, which would have been necessary for a desired state reform.

The term of the Martens IX government was short, as new elections were scheduled for November 24, 1991. Nevertheless, there were some personnel changes towards the end of its term and after the elections. So attracted Luc Van den Brande , Wivina Demeester and Leona Detiège from the outgoing national government back, to join to the Flemish government in which Van den Brande became prime minister. When he was elected chairman of the PS, Philippe Busquin also left the government.

In the elections of November 24, 1991, the coalition was able to retain its majority, but suffered losses. The elections, in which the right-wing radical Vlaams Blok received numerous votes, went down in history, especially in Flanders, as “Black Sunday” (Dutch Zwarte Zondag ). Wilfried Martens did not see himself confirmed and was no longer available to form a government. He left the field to Jean-Luc Dehaene (CVP), who formed the Dehaene I government on March 7, 1992 .

composition

minister Surname Political party
prime minister Wilfried Martens CVP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Institutional Reforms charged with restructuring the national education system and the Ministry of the Brussels Region Philippe Moureaux PS
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy, Planning and the Restructuring of the National Education System Willy Claes SP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Institutional Reform Jean-Luc Dehaene CVP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and the Middle Class Melchior Wathelet PSC
Minister for the Budget and Science
Policy Office dissolved on January 21, 1992 and responsibilities taken over from Prime Minister Martens 		-
until January 21, 1992: Wivina Demeester 		-
CVP
Minister for Foreign Affairs Mark Eyskens CVP
Minister of Finance Philippe Maystadt PSC
Minister for Foreign Trade Robert Urbain PS
Minister of Social Affairs
dissolved on January 25th and responsibilities taken over from Deputy Prime Minister Moureaux 		-
until January 25, 1992: Philippe Busquin 		-
PS
Minister for National Defense Guy Coëme PS
Minister of Internal Affairs, Civil Service Modernization and National Cultural and Scientific Institutions Louis Tobback SP
Minister for Development Cooperation and the Minister for Science Policy Erik Derycke CVP
Minister for Pensions Gilbert Mottard PS
Minister for Employment and Labor
Office dissolved on January 21, 1992 and responsibilities taken over from State Secretary Smet 		-
until January 21, 1992: Luc Van den Brande 		-
CVP
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Marcel Colla SP
Minister of Public Service Raymond Langendries PSC
State Secretaries Surname Political party
State Secretary for Energy Élie Deworme PS
State Secretary for the Middle Class and War Victims Pierre Mainil PSC
State Secretary for European Affairs and Agriculture Paul De Keersmaeker CVP
State Secretary for the Environment, Social Emancipation, Employment and Labor
until January 21, 1992: State Secretary for the Environment and Social Emancipation 		Rent Smet CVP
State Secretary for Europe 1992 Anne-Marie Lizin PS
State Secretary for Public Health and Disability Policy Roger Delizée PS
State Secretary for Pensions
dissolved on January 21, 1992 		-
until January 21, 1992: Leona Detiège 		-
SP
State Secretary for Science Policy Pierre Chevalier SP
State Secretary for Institutional Reforms, SMEs and the Restructuring of Public Works Jos Dupré CVP

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