Edmond Jules Isidore Leburton (18 April 1915 – 15 June 1997) was a Belgian politician who served as the

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from 1973 to 1974. He first entered Parliament representing Huy, Belgium.

Prime Minister of Belgium

Leburton served as the

Prime Minister of Belgium The prime minister of Belgium (; ; ) or the premier of Belgium is the head of the federal government of Belgium, and the most powerful person in Belgian politics. The first head of government in Belgian history was Henri van der Noot in 179 ...

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 Elio Di Rupo (; born 18 July 1951) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2011 to 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government, and as minister-president of Wallonia for three non-consecutive terms between 1999 and 20 ...

took office in December 2011. He was a member of the

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. Leburton was also the last member of that party to hold the office of Prime Minister until

Personal life

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

Honours

The list of all Honours is published on the carte de Deuil, 1997. * :

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, by Royal Decree. * : Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold, by Royal Decree of 16.04.1977. * : Grand Cross in the

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. * :

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. * Knight Grand Cross in the

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* Knight Grand Cross in the

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. * Knight Grand Cross in the

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. * Knight Grand Cross in the

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. * Knight Grand Cross in the

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. * Knight Grand Cross in the Order of King Abdul Aziz. * Grand Officer in the

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References

*Growth to Limits. The Western European Welfare States Since World War II by Peter Flora *http://aei.pitt.edu/9801/1/9801.pdf *https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203621/http://www.pomonaproject.org/Annex_VIII2_Belgium_Report.pdf

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Prime Minister of Belgium

Personal life

Honours

See also

References

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