| Wilfried Martens | |
| Image:Wilfried Martens.JPG | |
| In office 17 December 1981 – 7 March 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Eyskens |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Luc Dehaene |
| In office 3 April 1979 – 6 April 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Vanden Boeynants |
| Succeeded by | Mark Eyskens |
| Born | April 19, 1936 Sleidinge, Belgium |
| Political party | CD&V |
| Spouse | Ilse Schouteden |
| Religion | Catholic |
Wilfried Martens (IPA: [ˈʋeɫfɾi:t ˈmɑɾtəns]) (born Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens, 19 April 1936) is a Belgian politician. This is a list of Prime Ministers of Belgium, known regionally as Premier Ministre in French, Eerste Minister in Dutch, Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Marc Maria Frans Viscount Eyskens (born 29 April 1933 shortly known as (ˈmɑɾk ˈʔɛɪ̯skəns is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People's (ʒɑ̃ˈlyk dəˈɦanə (b Jean Luc Joseph Marie Dehaene, 7 August 1940 in Montpellier, France) is a Belgian politician Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants (pʌuˑɫ ˌvɑndənˈbujnɑnts(22 May 1919 &ndash 9 January 2001 was a Belgian Politician. Marc Maria Frans Viscount Eyskens (born 29 April 1933 shortly known as (ˈmɑɾk ˈʔɛɪ̯skəns is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People's Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V (Christian Democratic and Flemish is a Flemish Community of Belgium Political party, formerly called Christian Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person He was born in Sleidinge (East Flanders). Evergem is a Municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. East Flanders ( Oost-Vlaanderen in Dutch, Flandre orientale in French) is a province of Flanders, one of the three Martens has been Prime Minister nine times: four times from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and five times from 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
Martens was Chairman of the Belgian CVP (now renamed Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams CD&V) from 1972 - 79, sitting as a Deputy in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (federal parliament) from 1974 - 91, and serving as a Senator from 1991 - 94. Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V (Christian Democratic and Flemish is a Flemish Community of Belgium Political party, formerly called Christian
He is the co-founded the European People's Party (EPP) in 1976 and is EPP President since 1992. The European People's Party (EPP is a Christian democratic and Liberal conservative European political party.
From 1993 he was President of the European Union of Christian Democrats (EUCD), until its merger with the EPP in 1996. Martens also negotiated with Finnish conservative politician Sauli Niinistö the merger of the European Democrat Union (EDU) into the EPP (formally concluded in 2002). Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (born August 24, 1948, Salo, Finland) is the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland. The European Democrat Union is one of the two European wings of the International Democrat Union (the other being the European People's Party) The successful fusion of all center-right European organizations into the EPP - currently the largest transnational European political party with 71 member-parties from 38 countries - is widely recognized as an important achievement of his European political legacy. A European political party, formally a political party at European level, informally (especially in academic circles a Europarty, is a type of Political party
From 1994 - 98, he was a Member of the European Parliament, Chairing the EPP Group.
From October 2000 to November 2001 he was also the President of the Christian Democrat International (CDI). The Centrist Democrat International was until 2001 the Christian Democrat International (CDI and before that the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International
Martens holds a doctorate in law, a degree in notarial studies, and holds baccalaureate in Thomistic philosophy of the Catholic University of Louvain. He also studied international political science at Harvard University. He has practiced law at the Ghent Court of Appeal.
Among the numerous national and international distinctions, he was honoured in 1998 with the Charles V Prize for his contribution to European Union.
Private life
Martens has five children: two from his first marriage with Lieve Verschroeven and three with Ilse Schouteden who he met in 1988 while she was an assistant working in his cabinet. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) After the birth of their twins in 1997 they married on November 13, 1998. Twins are Offspring resulting from the same Pregnancy, either of the same or opposite Sex. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Ilse Schouteden has a son from her previous marriage. In 2007 he also divorced from his second wife.
External links
- European People's Party official site
- Wilfried Martens official site
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Paul Vanden Boeynants | Prime Minister of Belgium 1979–1981 | Succeeded by Mark Eyskens |
| Preceded by Mark Eyskens | Prime Minister of Belgium 1981–1992 | Succeeded by Jean-Luc Dehaene |
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