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Leo Tindemans

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Leo Tindemans

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Also known as Leonard Clemence Tindemans, Leonard Clemence

Belgian politician (1922–2014)

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Leo Tindemans (1922–2014) was a Belgian politician, diplomat, journalist, and economist. Born in Zwijndrecht, he served as Prime Minister of Belgium and as a Member of the European Parliament. A member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party, he worked in Brussels and Strasbourg. He received the Charlemagne Prize, the Robert Schuman Medal, and the title of Minister of State.

Tindemans was educated at the Catholic University of Leuven, Ghent University, and Harvard University. He spoke French and Dutch, with Dutch as his native language. His field of work included politics and political history. Among his published works are *Belgian foreign policy aims and objectives*, *Comment renforcer la Communauté européenne?*, *De memoires*, *De toekomst van een idee*, and *Duel met de minister*. He died of natural causes in Edegem.

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Person · Open Library

Works
11

Top works

  • Belgian foreign policy aims and objectives
  • Comment renforcer la Communauté européenne?
  • De memoires
  • De toekomst van een idee
  • Duel met de minister

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Belgium
Active from
1922
Active to
2014
politician

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
2

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leo+Tindemans">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Random Forests

    · 2001 · cited 116,205x

  2. The ERA5 global reanalysis

    · 2020 · cited 24,255x

  3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,989x

  4. Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy

    · 2013 · cited 13,573x

  5. Bagging predictors

    · 1996 · cited 13,154x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Monarch
Baudouin
Preceded by
Edmond Leburton
Succeeded by
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Prime minister
Wilfried Martens
Born
Leonard Clemence Tindemans , ( 1922-04-16 ) 16 April 1922, Zwijndrecht , Belgium
Died
26 December 2014 (2014-12-26) (aged 92), Edegem , Belgium
Party
CD&V
Spouse
Rosa Naesens
Alma mater
University of Antwerp , Ghent University , Catholic University of Leuven

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Encyclopedic overview

Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans ( Dutch: [ˈleːjoː ˈtɪndəmɑns] ; 16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium from 25 April 1974 until he resigned as minister on 20 October 1978. He was a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party.

Tindemanns led a centre-right cabinet from 1974 to 1977, followed by a centre-left cabinet from 1977 to 1978.

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

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