Van Houtte government

The Van Houtte government was in office in Belgium from January 15, 1952 to April 12, 1954. After the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Joseph Pholien , who was criticized in his party for his economic policy, he was succeeded by the previous Finance Minister, Jean Van Houtte, as the new Prime Minister a Christian Democratic ( PSC / CVP ) government. In the parliamentary elections in 1954 , the Christian Democrats lost their absolute majority. Achille Van Acker became Prime Minister of a coalition of socialists and liberals .

cabinet

Office	Official	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Jean Van Houtte	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Foreign minister	Paul van Zeeland	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister of Communication	Paul-Willem Segers	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister for Public Works	Oscar Behogne	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister of Education	Pierre Harmel	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister for Health and Family	Alfred De Taeye	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Colonial minister	André Dequae	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Defense Minister	Etienne De Greef	independent	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister for Foreign Trade	Joseph Meurice	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs	Geeraard Van den Daele	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister of Agriculture	Charles Héger	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Finance minister	Albert-Edouard Janssen	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister for Economy and Small Business	Jean Duvieusart	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister of Justice	Joseph Pholien	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	3rd September 1952
	Léonce Lagae	PSC / CVP	3rd September 1952	5th December 1952
	Charles Héger (acting)	PSC / CVP	5th December 1952	December 13, 1952
	Charles du Bus de Warnaffe	PSC / CVP	December 13, 1952	April 12, 1954
Interior minister	Ludovic Moyersoen	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	April 12, 1954
Minister for Reconstruction	Albert Coppé	PSC / CVP	January 15, 1952	August 9, 1952
	André Dequae (acting)	PSC / CVP	August 9, 1952	April 12, 1954

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Patrick Dumont, Lieven De Winter, Régis Dandoy: Démissions gouvernementales et performances électorales des majorités sortantes (1946-1999) . In: Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 17 , no. 1722 , 2001, ISSN  0008-9664 , p. 26 , doi : 10.3917 / cris.1722.0005 (French).

Web links

• Jean Van Houtte Governorate (January 15, 1952 - April 12, 1954). (PDF; 11 kB) Center de recherche et d'information socio-politiques, accessed on December 25, 2019 (French). 
• Déclaration gouvernementale lue par le Premier ministre Jean Van Houtte à la Chambre le 22 janvier 1952 et au Sénat le 22 janvier 1952. (PDF; 37 kB) Center de recherche et d'information socio-politiques, accessed on December 25, 2019 (French ).