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Leo Tindemans
Tindemans in 1977
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 25 April 1974 – 20 October 1978
Monarch
Baudouin
Preceded by
Edmond Leburton
Succeeded by
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 17 December 1981 – 19 June 1989
Prime Minister
Wilfried Martens
Preceded by
Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb
Succeeded by
Mark Eyskens
President of the European People's Party
In office 8 July 1976 – 1985
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Piet Bukman
Personal details
Born
Leonard Clemence Tindemans
(1922-04-16)16 April 1922 Zwijndrecht, Belgium
Died
26 December 2014(2014-12-26) (aged 92) Edegem, Belgium
Political party
CD&V
Spouse
Rosa Naesens
Children
4
Alma mater
University of Antwerp Ghent University Catholic University of Leuven
Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans (Dutch:[ˈleːjoːˈtɪndəmɑns]ⓘ; 16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium from 25 April 1974 until he resigned as minister on 20 October 1978.[1] He was a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party.[1]
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Christian Democratic and Flemish party. Tindemans was born in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, to a Catholic family. Tindemans was affiliated with the CVP. At the time...
President of the United States Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria LeoTindemans, Prime Minister of Belgium Todor Zhivkov, Chairman of the State Council...
cabinet, on 19 June 1989 he re-entered the government when he replaced LeoTindemans as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992, Martens VIII & Martens IX)...
Cultural Community. The snap elections were called after Prime Minister LeoTindemans resigned over the Egmont pact, which would have transformed Belgium...
Party-European Democrats In office 20 July 1994 – 20 July 1999 Preceded by LeoTindemans Succeeded by Hans-Gert Pöttering President of the European People's...
office 20 October 1978 – 3 March 1979 Monarch Baudouin Preceded by LeoTindemans Succeeded by Wilfried Martens In office 19 March 1966 – 17 June 1968...
1968–1972 Robert Vandekerckhove 1972–1979 Wilfried Martens 1979–1982 LeoTindemans 1982–1988 Frank Swaelen 1988–1993 Herman Van Rompuy 1993–1996 Johan...
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(1973–1977). From 1975 to 1980, he worked in the ministerial cabinets of LeoTindemans and Gaston Geens. In 1978 he was elected a member of the national CVP's...
Seydoux de Clausonne 1972 Roy Jenkins 1973 Salvador de Madariaga 1976 LeoTindemans 1977 Walter Scheel 1978 Konstantinos Karamanlis 1979 Emilio Colombo...
Charles Michel 11 October 2014 27 October 2019 5 years, 16 days 15 LeoTindemans 25 April 1974 20 October 1978 4 years, 178 days 16 Jean-Baptiste Nothomb...
April 1974 Monarch Baudouin Preceded by Gaston Eyskens Succeeded by LeoTindemans President of the Chamber of Representatives In office 7 June 1977 –...
Relations Pedro de Castro Van Dunen Minister of External Relations LeoTindemans Deputy Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mary Carrasco Monje...
new member states from Central and Eastern Europe. It was chaired by LeoTindemans, former Prime Minister of Belgium; secretary of the Group was Sammy...
increased by the publication of private remarks made to Secretary for India Leo Amery, in which Churchill allegedly said that aid would be inadequate because...
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