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.
Geens gave Flanders a new economical identity, by taking the initiative for the Derde Industriële Revolutie in Vlaanderen (Third industrial revolution in Flanders), Flanders Technology and the Flemish Aerospace Group (FLAG).
gaston, geens, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2009,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gaston Geens news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Gaston C S A Geens 10 June 1931 5 June 2002 was a Belgian politician and minister president of Flanders Gaston GeensMinister President of FlandersIn office 22 December 1981 21 January 1992Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byLuc Van den BrandePersonal detailsBorn 1931 06 10 10 June 1931Melen BelgiumDied5 June 2002 2002 06 05 aged 70 Winksele BelgiumPolitical partyChristian Democratic and FlemishAlma materCatholic University of Leuven 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 Geens gave Flanders a new economical identity by taking the initiative for the Derde Industriele Revolutie in Vlaanderen Third industrial revolution in Flanders Flanders Technology and the Flemish Aerospace Group FLAG Gaston Geens was seventy when he died at home due to cardiac arrest On 30 May 2009 a statue of Geens was unveiled in Aarschot by Herman Van Rompuy 1 References edit Gaston Geens krijgt standbeeld in Aarschot at hln beExternal links editGaston Geens in ODIS Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archives of Gaston Geens in ODIS Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archives of Gaston Geens in ODIS Online Database for Intermediary Structures Political offices New office Minister President of Flanders1981 1992 Succeeded byLuc Van den Brande nbsp This article about a Flemish politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gaston Geens amp oldid 1214790973, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
