Yves Leterme
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FACTBOX - Who is Herman Van Rompuy?...predecessor and fellow Christian Democrat Yves Leterme. He had been president of the lower house of parliament from July 2007 and was at times critical of Leterme's government. -- He was budget minister in 1993-1999 under the Christian... In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Christian Democrat, Yves Leterme, Brussels, Economics, Philosophy, Recession, and Catholic University of Leuven |
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Independent.co.uk - World | December 22, 2008
Return to top office likely for Dehaene
...top office likely for Dehaene The Former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene has emerged as the most likely candidate to take over as the country's leader after the collapse of Yves Leterme's government. King Albert yesterday accepted...
In this article: Jean-Luc Dehaene, Fortis, Recession, Ghent University, Supreme Court, and Belgium
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AFP Finance News | October 06, 2008
Finance, Business and Company News - Yahoo!7
...following an emergency cabinet meeting. On Monday Leterme held talks in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the fate of the French-Belgian bank, whose shares have been plummeting. "On the fundamentals of Dexia, there is...
In this article: Dexia, Jean-Luc Dehaene, BNP Paribas, Nicolas Sarkozy, Yahoo, Belgium, and Paris
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Wikipedia | June 30, 2009
2007-2008 Belgian government formation
...far from it!" The King then appointed Yves Leterme as formateur on Sunday July 15 with the task of forming a new government coalition after Jean-Luc Dehaene was relieved from his task as mediator and negotiator. On his first day as...
In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Guy Verhofstadt, Didier Reynders, Joelle Milquet, and Albert II
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Reuters | December 22, 2008
Belgium seeks new PM to steer it out of crises
...in a legal case over the rescue of stricken bank Fortis. Leterme ruled out a return to office on Sunday, leaving the five coalition parties scrambling to find a successor.. Jean-Luc Dehaene, who led Belgium from 1992-1999, emerged on...
In this article: Belgium, Fortis, Jean-Luc Dehaene, European Union, Recession, Ghent University, Didier Reynders, and Herman Van Rompuy
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UPDATE 1-New CEO, chairman found for Dexia - Belgium
...his resignation last week. Dehaene, 68, a Christian Democrat like Leterme, was Belgian Prime Minister from 1992 to 1999 and would succeed current incumbent, Frenchman Pierre Richard, who also quit. Leterme on Monday promised new...
In this article: Dexia, BNP Paribas, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Nicolas Sarkozy, Belgium, Christian Democrat, and Fortis
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Belgian general election, 2007
...the formateur and to look into the possibility of a state reform. The King then appointed Yves Leterme of the CD&V as formateur (giving him the task of forming a coalition). Negotiations were temporarily halted on August 17 to give the King...
In this article: Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Chamber of Representatives, and Flanders
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MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse | October 06, 2008
BNP executive to lead Dexia, ex-Belgian PM to be chairman - MarketWatch
...Dehaene as the new chairman, according to reports Tuesday. Belgium Prime Minister Yves Leterme announced the move after convening an emergency Cabinet meeting early in the morning. Mariani, 52, is co-head of retail banking and chief of...
In this article: MarketWatch, Dexia, Axel Miller, BNP Paribas, and Jean-Luc Dehaene
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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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