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Verhofstadt I Government

Field	Value
cabinet_name	Verhofstadt I Government
jurisdiction	Belgium (since 1830)
flag	Flag_of_Belgium.svg
image	Guy_Verhofstadt_in_2005.jpg
date_formed	12 July 1999
date_dissolved	12 July 2003
government_head	Guy Verhofstadt
state_head	Albert II of Belgium
political_party	{{plainlist	Open Vld
PRL
PS
sp.a
Ecolo
Agalev
legislature_status	Majority (coalition) Purple-green coalition
election	1999
previous	Dehaene II
successor	Verhofstadt II

PRL PS sp.a Ecolo Agalev

Parliamentary support of the government

The Verhofstadt I Government was the federal government of Belgium from 12 July 1999 to 12 July 2003.

It was the first government headed by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (VLD). It consisted of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), the French-speaking Liberal Reformist Party (PRL), the Flemish Socialist Party (SP), the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS), the Flemish green party Agalev and the French-speaking green party Ecolo. Because it comprised liberals, socialists and greens it was also known as a "purple-green" coalition.

It was the first liberal-led coalition in Belgium since 1938, as well as the first since 1958 that did not include a Christian Democratic party. It was also the first coalition in Belgian history to have included green parties.

Composition

Minister	Name	Secretary of State
Prime Minister	Guy Verhofstadt	VLD
Deputy Prime Minister - Employment	Laurette Onkelinx	PS
Deputy Prime Minister - Foreign Affairs	Louis Michel	PRL
Deputy Prime Minister - Budget, Social Integration and Social Economy	Johan Vande Lanotte	SP
Deputy Prime Minister - Mobility and Transport	Isabelle Durant	Ecolo
Deputy Prime Minister - Consumer Affairs, Public Health and Environment	Magda Aelvoet	Agalev
Interior	Antoine Duquesne	PRL
Social Affairs and Pensions	Frank Vandenbroucke	SP
Civil Service and Modernisation of the Public Authorities	Luc Van den Bossche	SP
Defence	André Flahaut	PS
Agriculture and Middle Classes	Jaak Gabriëls	VLD
Justice	Marc Verwilghen	VLD
Finance	Didier Reynders	PRL
Telecommunications and Public Enterprises and Participations	Rik Daems	VLD
Economy and Scientific Research	Rudy Demotte	PS
Foreign Trade	Pierre Chevalier	VLD
Development Cooperation	Eddy Boutmans	Agalev
Energy and Sustainable Development		Ecolo

The Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and the Secretary of State for Development Cooperation were attached to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary of State for Energy and Sustainable Development was attached to the Minister of Mobility and Transport.

Reshuffles

8 April 2000: Rudy Demotte resigns as Minister of Economy and Scientific Research and is replaced by Charles Picqué, who also becomes responsible for urban policy.
11 October 2000: Pierre Chevalier resigns as Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and is replaced by Annemie Neyts.
10 July 2001: Jaak Gabriëls resigns as Minister of Agriculture and Middle Classes. Rik Daems is charged with Middle Classes, Annemie Neyts is appointed as Minister attached to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and is charged with Agriculture.
28 August 2002: Magda Aelvoet resigns as Minister of Consumer Affairs, Public Health and Environment and is replaced by Jef Tavernier.
5 May 2003: Isabelle Durant and resign, respectively, as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility and Transport and as Secretary of State for Energy and Sustainable Development. Laurette Onkelinx is charged with Mobility and Transport, Yvan Ylieff (PS) is appointed as Minister attached to the Minister of Scientific Research and Alain Zenner (PRL) is appointed as Secretary of State for Energy and Sustainable Development, attached to the Minister of Finance.

Actions

Some of the notable actions under this government include:

Reform of the federal government administration ("Copernicus Reform")
Fifth state reform
Legalisation of euthanasia
Legalisation of same-sex marriage
Faster naturalisation of foreigners

Wikipedia Source

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