Gaston Geens
Politician
1931 – 2002
Who was Gaston Geens?
Gaston C.S.A. Geens was a Flemish politician and minister-president of Flanders.
Geens received a Master in Law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven as well as a licentiate of economy.
In 1961 Geens, together with Frank Swaelen and Leo Tindemans, was part of a think tank of the CVP. In 1972 he became a member of the party leadership. Geens was elected a member of the city council of Winksele in 1970. After Winksele's fusion with Herent in 1976 he became a member of that city council.
In 1974 in a government led by Tindemans, Geens became Secretary of State for the Budget and Science. In 1976 he was promoted to minister but with the same competences. He became Minister of Finance in the second Tindemans cabinet, but this coalition fell over the Egmont pact. He remained Minister of Finance under Paul Vanden Boeynants and in the first two coalitions led by Wilfried Martens. During the third government led by Martens he again became minister of the budget. During Martens IV, Geens became minister-president of the Flemish Executive which he led until 1992.
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1931
Kortenaken - Education
- Catholic University of Leuven
- Died
- Jun 5, 2002
Herent
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on July 23, 2013
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