Yves Leterme
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Yves LetermeIn 2004 Yves Leterme became Minister-President of the Flemish government. Flanders has fared well during his term in office. Yves Leterme took a pragmatic course of increasing the economic dynamic and social wellbeing in Flanders. He has... In this article: Yves Camille Desire Leterme, Albert II, Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium, Flanders, Fortis, and European Union |
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New Kerala | October 02, 2009
Indian Merchants' Chamber to open office in Belgium
...in various areas like infrastructure, IT, alternate energy and food production, Mr Kripalani said. Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme in his inaugural address said strengthening of EU-India partnership would contribute to greater...
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New Kerala | October 01, 2009
India wants enhanced economic cooperation with Europe
...Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) and the Belgo-Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BICC). Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme in his inaugural address said strengthening of EU-India partnership would contribute to greater...
In this article: India, European Union, Europe, Brussels, Asia, and Belgium
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New Kerala | September 29, 2009
India, EU to host business summit
...the conference. The conference will be inaugurated by Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme. According to India's ambassador to EU Jaimini Bhagwati, the aim is to have a partnership...
In this article: European Union, India, Brussels, and Janssen Pharmaceutica
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SmartMoney.com | September 27, 2009
September 28, 2008 (Sunday): Tentative Agreement on Bailout; More Bank Upheaval
(For more on this news, click here.) Across the Pond The global economy gets a little smaller today. Prime Minister Yves Leterme of Belgium and European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet make an unprecedented joint...
In this article: Fortis, Twitter, Wachovia, Bradford & Bingley, Jean-Claude Trichet, Wells Fargo, Jpmorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Treasury Department
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America.gov | September 25, 2009
United States Has Known of Iranian Facility for Several Years
...activities are peaceful in nature, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says. Speaking with Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme in New York September 25, Clinton said the Obama administration fully supports an immediate...
In this article: International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Uranium, Qom, Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States, Geneva, and U.N. Security Council
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Reuters | September 14, 2009
Magna sees Opel paying back state loans by 2015
...Opel aid called by former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. Another former Belgian prime minister and now foreign minister Yves Leterme engaged European counterparts on the Opel issue on Sunday. The Commission said it expected to...
In this article: Opel, Magna, Antwerp, Germany, General Motors, Cash flow, and Flanders
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BusinessWeek Online | September 14, 2009
Could Politics Derail GM Europe Deal?
...54,000 strong workforce is located in Germany; the Spanish have the next highest number of Opel employees at around 7,000. Leterme said he had also met with Bernd Pfaffenbach, state secretary in Germany's Economy Ministry, to insist that...
In this article: General Motors, Opel, Magna, European Union, Germany, Sberbank, Guy Verhofstadt, and GM Europe
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SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds Business | September 11, 2009
Belgium wants EU to probe Opel-GM decisons
...be sold to Canadian auto parts maker Magna and Russia's Sberbank, a solution Germany had pushed for. Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme backs a demand to have the EU Commission probe the deal for evidence of protectionism and said...
In this article: Opel, European Union, GM, Belgium, Germany, Sberbank, and Magna
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boston.com - Latest news | December 19, 2008
Belgium in limbo again after government collapses
...want to test voters just as Belgium slips into recession, and with the Fortis debacle fresh in their minds. Leterme denied accusations he had sought to influence an appeal court which last week upheld a challenge by shareholders to a...
In this article: Belgium, Fortis, Supreme Court, E-mail, Brussels, Reuters, Recession, and Credit crunch
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 20, 2008
Leterme named Belgian PM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme took over as Belgian prime minister on Thursday, ending nine months of deadlock that had prompted speculation the country could break apart. But members of the new government are...
In this article: Guy Verhofstadt, Flanders, Christian Democrat, Ghent University, Karel De Gucht, Didier Reynders, Dexia, and Belgium
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Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (born October 6, 1960) is a Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V) and the current Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Institutional Reforms, Transport and the North Sea in the Belgian federal government. He is also a former Minister-President of Flanders and Flemish Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Despite his French name, Leterme is actually Flemish. He is fluent in both Dutch and French.
On July 14, 2008, facing the imminent failure to meet a self imposed deadline to enact "constitutional reform" consisting of further devolution of powers to the nation's three linguistic communities, Leterme tendered his resignation to King Albert II, the head of state. On July 17, King Albert, after holding a flurry of consultations with leaders of political parties, labor unions, and the employers' association, rejected Leterme's resignation. Instead, the king appointed a three person commission of representatives of the linguistic communities to investigate how to restart the reform process. The commission was to report to the king by July 31, 2008.
On December 19, 2008 he offered his resignation to King Albert II after a crisis surrounding the sale of Fortis to BNP Paribas. On December 22, 2008 King Albert II accepted his resignation, along with that of his entire government. He remained Prime Minister until December 30, when Herman Van Rompuy was appointed as his successor.
- Birth Date:
- October 06, 1960
- Birthplace:
- Wervik, Belgium
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Spouse:
- Sofie Haesen
- Political party:
- CD&V
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