Government of Tindemans I
The government of Tindemans I was the government of Belgium from April 25, 1974 to June 11, 1974. The Christian Democrats CVP / PSC and the Liberals PVV were represented in the government. On June 11, 1974, the Rassemblement Wallon (RW) party joined the government. The government was then referred to as the Tindeman II government . On March 4, 1977, the RW ministers, Robert Moreau and Pierre Bertrand , resigned. From March 6, 1977 onwards one speaks of the government of Tindeman III .
The government followed the Leburton II government and was replaced by the Tindemans II government.
Ministers and State Secretaries
The government consisted of 19 ministers and 6 state secretaries. The distribution between the parties was CVP (9), PSC (7), PVV (5) and PLP (4).
minister | Surname | Political party | |
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prime minister | Leo Tindemans | CVP | |
Defense and affairs of Brussels | Paul Vanden Boeynants | PSC | |
Finances | Willy De Clercq | PVV | |
Appearance and development cooperation | Renaat Van Elslande | CVP | |
Public Health and Families | Jos De Saeger | CVP | |
Social security | Placide De Paepe | CVP | |
Judiciary | Herman Vanderpoorten | PVV | |
Foreign trade | Michel Toussaint | PLP | |
Interior | Charles Hanin | PSC | |
Labor and Walloon Affairs | Alfred Califice | PSC | |
Agriculture | Albert Lavens | CVP | |
French culture | Jean-Pierre Grafé | PSC | |
communication | Jos Chabert | CVP | |
Middle class | Louis Olivier | PLP | |
National education (Francophone part of the country) | Antoine Humblet | PSC | |
Public buildings | Jean Defraigne | PLP | |
economy | André Oleffe | PSC | |
Dutch Culture and Flemish Affairs | Rika De Backer | CVP | |
National education (Dutch-speaking part of the country) | Herman De Croo | PVV | |
State Secretaries | Surname | Political party | |
Regional economy, spatial planning and housing (Dutch-speaking part of the country) | Luc Dhoore | CVP | |
Public service | Louis D'haeseleer | PVV | |
Regional economy, spatial planning and housing (Francophone part of the country) | Claude Hubaux | PLP | |
environment | Karel Poma | PVV | |
Household and sciences | Gaston Geens | CVP | |
Assigned to the Minister for Foreign Affairs | Henri-François Van Aal | PSC |
activities
The best known measures of the Tindeman I government were:
- The municipality merger that reduced the number of Belgian municipalities from 2359 to 596.
- The law of August 1, 1974 on provisional regional formation, which created a Flemish, a Walloon and a Brussels region, each with provisional regional parliaments. In the second state reform in 1980, these regions were further institutionalized.