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Yves Leterme

former Belgian prime minister

AI overview

Yves Leterme is a Belgian politician who served as the country's prime minister during important periods in the 2000s and 2010s. He matters because he led Belgium through significant challenges including the global financial crisis and ongoing political tensions between the country's different linguistic regions.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Yves Leterme is referenced by 205 other articles, and connects out to Prime Minister of Belgium, Christian Democratic and Flemish and Federal Government of Belgium.

It sits within the topics 1960 births, Belgian civil servants and Belgian Roman Catholics.

Its subject is documented across 59 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Yves
Gender: male
Citizenship: Belgium
Place of birth: Wervik
Occupation: diplomat
Educated at: Ghent University
Political party: Christian Democratic and Flemish
Languages spoken: Dutch
Native language: Dutch
Religion: Catholic Church
Award: Minister of State
Image: Yves Leterme.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Yves Leterme
member of: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
date of birth: 1960-10-06
Commons gallery: Yves Leterme
name in native language: Yves Camille Désiré Leterme
floruit: 2011-01-01
P10632: Yves Leterme

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Encyclopedic overview

Yves Camille Désiré Leterme ( Dutch: [ˈiːf ləˈtɛrmə]; born 6 October 1960) is a Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V). He was the prime minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008, and later from November 2009 to December 2011.

Leterme has also served as minister of Foreign Affairs, deputy prime minister and minister of Budget, Institutional Reforms, Transport and the North Sea in the Belgian federal government. He is a former minister-president of Flanders and Flemish minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Despite his French name, Leterme is Flemish. He is fluent in Dutch, French and English.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yves Leterme” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.