Yves de Wasseige explained

Yves de Wasseige
Birth Date:13 May 1926
Birth Place:Auvelais, Belgium
Death Place:Marcinelle, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Party:PS
RW
Office:Member of the Senate of Belgium
Term Start:1979
Term End:1991

Yves de Wasseige (13 May 1926 – 2 August 2021) was a Belgian politician and economist.[1]

Biography

De Wasseige served in the 10th Notre Dame de Fontgalland scout unit during World War II. He was a volunteer for the entire war and celebrated the Liberation of Belgium in 1944. He earned a degree in economics from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1951 and subsequently worked at a Hainaut-Sambre steel plant from 1958 to 1975. He then became a business delegate for the and was also a member of the Esprit group, where several political analysts of different views met in Wallonia and Brussels, such as .

Political engagement

De Wasseige was engaged in several Walloon political movements, such as the and . In 1975, he left the steel plant to become chief of staff for Minister of Economic Affairs . After Oleffe's death, he held the same position for . After that, he served as a general delegate engineer for the General Commissariat for Atomic Energy from 1977 to 1979 before being elected Senator as a member of the Walloon Rally. The next year, he became secretary general of the party, replacing . Under his leadership, he resisted the party's tendencies to join DéFI in forming coalitions, advocating for its independence. He then co-founded the Rassemblement populaire wallon, which presented itself as a section of the Socialist Party. He was re-elected Senator in 1981, 1985, and 1987 before reaching the term limit set by the Socialist Party, and did not stand for re-election in 1991. He sat as a judge on the Constitutional Court from 1992 to 1994 before his resignation.

Economic engagement

Yves de Wasseige was well known for his work as an economist and political analyst, publishing an economic manual titled Comprendre l'économie politique, which was republished multiple times by . The book still serves as the basis of the entrance examination of the Faculty of Economics at the Catholic University of Leuven. He also wrote numerous articles for Esprit and the . In 1978, he launched a restructuring plan for the steel industry in Wallonia.

Death

Yves de Wasseige died in Marcinelle on 2 August 2021 at the age of 95.[2]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. News: 3 August 2021. L'ancien sénateur wallon Yves de Wasseige est décédé à 95 ans. French. Le Soir. 8 August 2021.
  2. News: 3 August 2021. Voormalig senator Yves de Wasseige overleden. Dutch. Het Nieuwsblad. 8 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Cahiers Marxistes - numéro 168 (juin-juil. 1989). Université Libre de Bruxelles. French. dead. https://archive.today/20071026085707/http://www.ulb.ac.be/socio/cmarx/docs/revues/revue-R0168.html#selection-181.1-181.49. 26 October 2007.
  4. News: July 2006. Toudi. French. Le Monde diplomatique. 8 August 2021.
  5. News: May 2017. L'ACROnique du nucléaire. French. Le Monde diplomatique. 8 August 2021.