Mark Eyskens
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marc Maria Frans, Viscount Eyskens (born April 29, 1933), shortly known as Mark Eyskens (IPA: [ˈmɑɾk ˈʔɛɪ̯skəns]), is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People's Party (Belgium), now called Christian Democratic and Flemish. He was born in Leuven, the son of viscount Gaston Eyskens, and lived for a time at the International House of New York. He was a minister several times and became prime minister on April 6, 1981. His government quickly collapsed on December 17, due to disagreements on the financing of the Walloon steel industry. He remained a member of parliament until 2003. Eyskens is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Global Panel Foundation, a member of the Advisory Board of the Itinera Institute think-tank and of B Plus.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Wilfried Martens |
Prime Minister of Belgium 1981 |
Succeeded by Wilfried Martens |
|
|||||||
[edit] External links
.svg/30px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} |
This article about a Belgian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
