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Leterme II Government

Belgian federal government in 2009 and 2010

Summary

Belgian federal government in 2009 and 2010

The Leterme II Government was the federal government of Belgium from 25 November 2009 to 26 April 2010, and the caretaker government until 6 December 2011. It took office when the Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme (CD&V) was sworn in as Prime Minister. It followed the Van Rompuy I Government which ended when Herman Van Rompuy became the first President of the European Council. It comprised five parties: the Dutch-speaking Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V), the Dutch-speaking Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD), the French-speaking liberal Reformist Movement (MR), the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) and the French-speaking Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH).

Composition

The Leterme II Government originally comprised 15 ministers, seven secretaries of state, and a government commissary.

Minister	Name	Party
Prime Minister	Yves Leterme	CD&V
Deputy Prime Minister – Finance and Institutional Reforms	Didier Reynders	MR
Deputy Prime Minister – Social Affairs and Public Health	Laurette Onkelinx	PS
Deputy Prime Minister – Budget	Guy Vanhengel	Open VLD
Deputy Prime Minister – Foreign Affairs and Institutional Reforms	Steven Vanackere	CD&V
Deputy Prime Minister – Employment and Equal Opportunities	Joëlle Milquet	CDH
Interior	Annemie Turtelboom	Open VLD
Self-employed, Agriculture and Scientific Policy	Sabine Laruelle	MR
Justice	Stefaan De Clerck	CD&V
Defence	Pieter De Crem	CD&V
Pensions and Big cities	Michel Daerden	PS
Development Cooperation and European Affairs	Olivier Chastel	MR
Climate and Energy	Paul Magnette	PS
Enterprise and Simplification	Vincent Van Quickenborne	Open VLD
the Civil Service and Public Companies	Inge Vervotte	CD&V
Mobility (Prime Minister)	Etienne Schouppe	CD&V
Coordination of the Fight against Fraud (Justice)	Carl Devlies	CD&V
Finance (Finance)	Bernard Clerfayt	MR
Fight against Poverty (Social Affairs and Public Health)	Jean-Marc Delizée	PS
Disabled Persons (Social Affairs and Public Health)	Philippe Courard	PS
Budget (Budget)	Melchior Wathelet Jr.	CDH

Changes in composition

On 14 February 2011, Charles Michel resigned as minister of Development Cooperation to become Chairman of the MR. He was replaced as minister in the Leterme II caretaker government by secretary of state for European Affairs Olivier Chastel, who became minister of Development Cooperation and European Affairs. Chastel was not replaced as secretary of state.

Crisis

From the start of the Leterme I Government, the problem of the electoral district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde caused problems between the coalition partners. The Constitutional Court of Belgium had judged in 2003 that the rules applying to the electoral district violated the non-discrimination principle. When no solution was found, the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats quit the coalition. Leterme offered his resignation to King Albert II of Belgium on 22 April 2010. On 26 April 2010, after a final round of consultations by Didier Reynders failed, the king accepted the resignation. New elections were held on 13 June 2010. As of 26 April 2010 the Leterme II government became a caretaker government until it was succeeded by the Di Rupo I Government.

References

(2009-11-25). "Leterme Returns as Belgian Leader After 2008 Failure". [[Bloomberg L.P..
"Samenstelling en bevoegdheidsverdeling van de federale regeringsleden". Belgium.be.
Traynor, Ian. (26 April 2010). "Belgium's five-party coalition government collapses". The Guardian.
Eeckhout, Bart. (2010-04-26). "Hoop op ultiem akkoord over B-H-V sijpelt weg". De Morgen.
Samyn, Steven. (2010-04-27). "België op weg naar verkiezingsavontuur". De Standaard.
(26 April 2010). "Belgium's king accepts Yves Leterme's resignation". BBC.
Martens, John. (26 April 2010). "Belgium Heads for Elections After Government Collapse". Businessweek.

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