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Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans 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.
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Born 16 April 1922 · Died 26 December 2014 · Q15002
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Died 2014-12-26.
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1994–1999).
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Awarded European handicraft prize (1993).
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Awarded Minister of State (1992).
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1989–1994).
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Tindemans went back to the European Parliament where he served two terms until he retired in 1999
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Won Robert Schuman Medal (1986).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs in Belgium (1981–1989).
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1979–1981).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt University (1978).
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Tindemans won the snap general election with 983,000 votes, still a record for any election in Belgium
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Awarded Charlemagne Prize (1976).
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During the founding Congress of the European People's Party in Brussels, he was elected first President of the new party, a role which gave him the important tasks of harmonising and finding consensus between the differe
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Belgium (1974–1978).
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Tindemans was tasked with devising a report to define what was meant by the term 'European Union
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Became deputy Prime Minister and minister for the budget (1973–1974)
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Became minister for agriculture (1972–1973)
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Tindemans became minister tasked with the relations between the communities (1968–1972), during which he prepared the first constitutional reform, which saw Belgium start transforming into a federal state
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Studied at Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) (1967).
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium (1965–1989).
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Career landmark: Mayor of Edegem (1964–1968).
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Studied at Harvard University (1962–1962).
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And re-elected in 1965, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1978
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Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium (1961–1965).
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Studied at Ghent University (1944–1946).
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Born 1922-04-16.
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