Edmond Leburton Explained

Edmond Leburton
Office:Prime Minister of Belgium
Term Start:26 January 1973
Term End:25 April 1974
Predecessor:Gaston Eyskens
Successor:Leo Tindemans
Office2:President of the Chamber of Representatives
Term Start2:7 June 1977
Term End2:3 April 1979
Predecessor2:André Dequae
Successor2:Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb
Birth Date:18 April 1915
Birth Place:Waremme, Belgium
Death Place:Waremme, Belgium
Party:Socialist Party
Children:Jean-Pierre Leburton

Edmond Jules Isidore Leburton (18 April 1915 – 15 June 1997)[1] [2] [3] [4] was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1973 to 1974.

He first entered Parliament representing Huy, Belgium.

Prime Minister of Belgium

Leburton served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from January 1973 to April 1974. A number of reforms were carried out under Leburton's government, including a law on 'prolonged minority' (June 1973) to safeguard people with mental disabilities, the introduction of annual adjustments to pensions to the level of economic prosperity (March 1973), and the passage of an Act which strengthened the rights of tenants (November 1973). In addition, improvements were made to various social welfare benefits. He was the last native French speaker to hold that office, disregarding the bilingual Paul Vanden Boeynants from Brussels, until Elio Di Rupo took office in December 2011. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Leburton was also the last member of that party to hold the office of Prime Minister until Elio Di Rupo.

Personal life

On 20 December 1947, Leburton married Charlotte (Joniaux) (born 20 August 1922 and died 17 september 2020) and had two sons, Jean-Pierre (born 4 March 1949), and Eddy (born 28 July 1951).[5] He died on 15 June 1997 in Waremme, aged 82.[6]

Honours

The list of all Honours is published on the carte de Deuil, 1997.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Het parlement anders bekeken. Emile. Toebosch. 7 July 2006. Academia Press. 7 July 2024. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Edmond Jules Isidore Leburton biography - prime minister of Belgium Britannica.com . www.britannica.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150919071541/http://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Jules-Isidore-Leburton . 2015-09-19.
  3. Web site: Index Le-Lh.
  4. Web site: Leburton. 27 January 2018. 2 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191202152626/http://www.ars-moriendi.be/LEBURTON.HTM. dead. www.ars-moriendi.be.
  5. Web site: Charlotte joniaux | Chronique de Waremme . 27 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021252/http://www.chronique-waremme.be/tag/charlotte-joniaux/ . 28 January 2018 . dead .
  6. Web site: Obituary: Edmond Leburton. Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011.
  7. Web site: Leburton. 7 July 2024. www.ars-moriendi.be.