Jean-Luc Dehaene
Appearance
Jean-Luc Dehaene | |
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Prime Minister of Belgium | |
In office 7 March 1992 – 12 July 1999 | |
Monarch | Baudouin Albert II |
Preceded by | Wilfried Martens |
Succeeded by | Guy Verhofstadt |
Personal details | |
Born | Jean Luc Joseph Marie Dehaene 7 August 1940 Montpellier, France |
Died | 15 May 2014 Quimper, France | (aged 73)
Political party | Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) |
Spouse(s) | Celie Verbeke |
Children | 4 |
Signature | File:Signature of Jean-Luc Dehaene.png |
Jean-Luc Dehaene (Dutch pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ːˈlyk d̪əˈɦäːn̪ə] (File:Speaker Icon.svg listen) 7 August 1940 – 15 May 2014), nicknamed "The Plumber" or "The Minesweeper",[1] was a Belgian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. He was also mayor of Vilvoorde.
Dehaene, who had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, died after a fall while in France, aged 73.
References[change]
- ↑ Neuger, James G. (May 15, 2014). "Jean-Luc Dehaene, Who Led Belgium Into Euro Region, Dies at 73". Bloomburg. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
Other websites[change]
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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