Martens VII government
The Belgian Martens VII government was in office from October 21, 1987 to May 9, 1988. On October 23, 1987 she received the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies and on October 24, 1987 that of the Senate . It consisted of fifteen ministers (including the prime minister) and thirteen state secretaries.
This seventh government, headed by Wilfried Martens (CVP), was composed of Flemish and Francophone Christian Socials ( CVP and PSC ) and Liberals ( PVV and PRL ). The Martens VII government was the successor to the Martens VI government , which was also composed of Christian Socialists and Liberals and which failed after a two-year term due to the problems surrounding the municipality of Voeren and the person of José Happart ( PS ). After just a few days of negotiations, Martens VII was formed as a purely transitional government with the aim of preparing early elections and a constitutional amendment with a view to future state reform.
In its short term, the government experienced only one personnel change. On February 3, 1988, when the government only dealt with current business, Guy Lutgen resigned and moved to the Walloon government.
Even if the Martens VII government was formed as a transitional government, it remained in office as the outgoing government for six months after the new elections on December 13, 1987. Both the Flemish Christian Socials and the French-speaking Liberals suffered losses in these elections. The formation of a new government, in which especially Jean-Luc Dehaene (CVP), the bulk of the work made (at that time was the saying "Sire, give me a hundred days," the Dehaene at the King addressed), was extremely long and tough, since it required a solution to the Voeren problem and the basic principles of a new state reform. Finally, on May 9, 1988, there was the new Martens VIII government , which was composed of the Christian Socialists, the revitalized Socialists ( SP and PS ) and the Flemish Nationalist Volksunie (VU).
composition
minister | Surname | Political party |
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prime minister | Wilfried Martens | CVP |
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Institutional Reform | Jean Gol | PRL |
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for the Budget, Science Policy and Planning | Guy Verhofstadt | PVV |
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Affairs | Philippe Maystadt | PSC |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Leo Tindemans | CVP |
Minister of Finance | Mark Eyskens | CVP |
Minister for Public Works | Louis Olivier | PRL |
Minister for Transport and Foreign Trade | Herman De Croo | PVV |
Minister of Internal Affairs, Civil Service and Decentralization | Joseph Michel | PSC |
Minister for Employment and Labor | Michel Hansenne | PSC |
Minister for National Education (N) | Daniel Coens | CVP |
Minister for Social Affairs and Institutional Reform | Jean-Luc Dehaene | CVP |
Minister of Defense and Minister of the Brussels Region | François-Xavier de Donnea | PRL |
Minister for the Middle Class | Jacky Buchmann | PVV |
Minister for National Education (F) | Antoine Duquesne | PRL |
State Secretaries | Surname | Political party |
State Secretary for Development Cooperation | André Kempinaire | PVV |
State Secretary for Foreign Trade | Etienne Knoops | PRL |
State Secretary for Pensions | Pierre Mainil | PSC |
State Secretary for Post, Telegraph and Telephone | Paula D'Hondt | CVP |
State Secretary for European Affairs and Agriculture | Paul De Keersmaeker | CVP |
State Secretary for Energy | Firmin Aerts | CVP |
State Secretary for Justice and SMEs | Georges Mundeleer | PRL |
State Secretary for the Brussels Region | Jan Bascour | PVV |
State Secretary for the Modernization and Informatization of the Civil Service Office dissolved on February 3, 1988 and responsibilities taken over from Prime Minister Martens |
- until February 3, 1988: Guy Lutgen |
- PSC |
State Secretary for the Public Service and Science Policy | Louis Bril | PVV |
State Secretary for the Brussels Region | Jean-Louis Thys | PSC |
State Secretary for Environment and Social Emancipation | Rent Smet | CVP |
State Secretary for Public Health and Disability Policy | Wivina Demeester | CVP |
Web links
- Premier.be - Official website of the Belgian Prime Minister (multilingual)