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Edmond Leburton
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office
26 January 1973 – 25 April 1974
MonarchBaudouin
Preceded byGaston Eyskens
Succeeded byLeo Tindemans
President of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
7 June 1977 – 3 April 1979
Preceded byAndré Dequae
Succeeded byCharles-Ferdinand Nothomb
Personal details
Born(1915-04-18)18 April 1915
Waremme, Belgium
Died15 June 1997(1997-06-15) (aged 82)
Waremme, Belgium
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse
Charlotte (Joniaux) Leburton
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(m. 1947)​
ChildrenJean-Pierre Leburton

Edmond Jules Isidore Leburton (18 April 1915 – 15 June 1997)[1][2][3][4] was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1973 to 1974.

He first entered Parliament representing Huy, Belgium.

Prime Minister of Belgium

Leburton served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from January 1973 to April 1974. A number of reforms were carried out under Leburton's government, including a law on 'prolonged minority' (June 1973) to safeguard people with mental disabilities, the introduction of annual adjustments to pensions to the level of economic prosperity (March 1973), and the passage of an Act which strengthened the rights of tenants (November 1973). In addition, improvements were made to various social welfare benefits. He was the last native French speaker to hold that office, disregarding the bilingual Paul Vanden Boeynants from Brussels, until Elio Di Rupo took office in December 2011. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Leburton was also the last member of that party to hold the office of Prime Minister until Elio Di Rupo.

Personal life

On 20 December 1947, Leburton married Charlotte (Joniaux) (born 20 August 1922 and died 17 september 2020) and had two sons, Jean-Pierre (born 4 March 1949), and Eddy (born 28 July 1951).[5] He died on 15 June 1997 in Waremme, aged 82.[6]

Honours

The list of all Honours is published on the carte de Deuil, 1997.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Profile of Edmond Leburton
  2. ^ "Edmond Jules Isidore Leburton | biography - prime minister of Belgium | Britannica.com". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Index Le-Lh".
  4. ^ "Leburton".
  5. ^ "Charlotte joniaux | Chronique de Waremme". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Obituary: Edmond Leburton". Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Leburton".

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