Martens I Government

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The Martens I Government was the national government of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 23 January 1980.

It was the first government headed by Wilfried Martens and comprised the Flemish Christian People's Party (CVP), the French-speaking Christian Social Party (PSC), the Flemish Belgian Socialist Party (BSP), the French-speaking Socialist Party (SP) and the Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF). It fell after nine months, when the FDF left the government.

Composition[]

Minister	Name	Party
Prime Minister	Wilfried Martens	CVP
Deputy Prime Minister - Budget	Guy Spitaels	PS
Deputy Prime Minister - Economic Affairs	Willy Claes	BSP
Deputy Prime Minister - Defence	Paul Vanden Boeynants (to Oct. 1979) José Desmarets (from Oct. 1979)	PSC
Communication	Jos Chabert	CVP
Justice	Renaat Van Elslande	CVP
Foreign Affairs	Henri Simonet	PS
Social Assistance and Pensions		PSC
Agriculture and Middle Classes		CVP
Education		BSP
Dutch-speaking Community Affairs		CVP
Public Health and Environment		CVP
Finance	Gaston Geens	CVP
Walloon Affairs	Jean-Maurice Dehousse	PS
Public Works		PS
PTT	Robert Urbain	PS
Development Cooperation	Mark Eyskens	CVP
Employment and Labour		BSP
Education		PS
Interior and Institutional Reform		PSC
Flemish Affairs		BSP
French-speaking Community Affairs	Michel Hansenne	PSC
Civil Service and Institutional Reform		BSP
Brussels Affairs		FDF
Foreign Trade and Science Policy		FDF
Secretary of State	Name	Party
Brussels Affairs		PS
Flemish Affairs		CVP
Dutch-speaking Community Affairs		CVP
Brussels Affairs	Lydia De Pauw	BSP
Flemish Affairs		CVP
Walloon Affairs	Bernard Anselme	PS
Walloon Affairs		PSC
French-speaking Community Affairs		FDF

Reshuffles[]

15 October 1979: José Desmarets (PSC) replaces Paul Vanden Boeynants as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Philippe Maystadt (PSC) replaces as Secretary of State for the Walloon Region.
16 January 1980: , and resign.

Belgian government cabinets, 1830–present

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1830–1918	Provisional Government de Gerlache Lebeau I de Muelenaere Rogier I de Theux de Meylandt I Lebeau II Nothomb Van de Weyer de Theux de Meylandt II Rogier II de Brouckère de Decker Rogier III Frère-Orban d'Anethan de Theux de Meylandt-Malou Frère-Orban-Van Humbeeck Malou-Jacobs-Woeste Beernaert de Burlet de Smet de Naeyer I Vandenpeereboom de Smet de Naeyer II de Trooz Schollaert de Broqueville I de Broqueville II (in Sainte-Adresse) Cooreman
1918–1995	Delacroix I Delacroix II Carton de Wiart Theunis I Van de Vyvere Poullet Jaspar I Jaspar II Renkin de Broqueville III Theunis II Van Zeeland I Van Zeeland II Janson Spaak I Pierlot I Pierlot II Pierlot III Pierlot IV (in London) Pierlot V Pierlot VI Van Acker I Van Acker II Spaak II Van Acker III Huysmans I Spaak III Spaak IV G. Eyskens I Duvieusart I Pholien I Van Houtte I Van Acker IV G. Eyskens II G. Eyskens III G. Eyskens IV Lefèvre I Harmel I Vanden Boeynants I G. Eyskens V G. Eyskens VI Leburton I Leburton II Tindemans I Tindemans II Vanden Boeynants II Martens I Martens II Martens III Martens IV M. Eyskens I Martens V Martens VI Martens VII Martens VIII Martens IX Dehaene I
1995–present	Dehaene II Verhofstadt I Verhofstadt II Verhofstadt III Leterme I Van Rompuy Leterme II Di Rupo Michel I Michel II Wilmès I Wilmès II De Croo

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