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    Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants (Dutch: [ˈpʌul vɑndə(m) ˈbuinɑnts] , French: [pɔl vandən bujnants]; 22 May 1919 – 9 January 2001) was a Belgian...
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  • robberies of security vans and kidnapped former Belgian prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants. The son of a nightclub owner, Haemers was tall with striking looks...
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  • Schwarzkopf jr. Rory Stewart Franz Josef Strauß Margaret Thatcher Paul Vanden Boeynants Jean Violet Paul Volcker John Vorster Nadhim Zahawi Vuuren, Hennie van (2019)...
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    shook Belgian politics and led to the fall of the government of Paul Vanden Boeynants. It marked an escalation of the linguistic tension in Belgium after...
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  • notorious Haemers gang, who kidnapped former Belgian Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1989. Together with his parents, who were UN refugees from Albania...
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  • Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants gave after he had been kidnapped by the gang of Patrick Haemers that year. Brussels Sound Revolution was a project by Paul Denoy...
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    Government. He was the first francophone to hold the office since Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1979, and the country's first socialist prime minister since...
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    liberal Party for Freedom and Progress led by Christian Democrat Paul Vanden Boeynants, fell due to the Leuven Crisis. The linguistic crisis would trigger...
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    Foreign Affairs in the Liberal-Christian Democratic coalition led by Paul Vanden Boeynants (19 March 1966 – 7 February 1968). As Foreign Minister he chaired...
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    the first francophone to hold the post of prime minister since Paul Vanden Boeynants left office in 1979. The formation of the Di Rupo Government ended...
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    wrestler and promoter Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001), Belgian politician Paul Bohannan (1920–2007), American anthropologist Paul Bollenback (born 1959)...
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  • clearly defined hierarchy. In 1989, former Belgian Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants was kidnapped in a plot organised by Basri Bajrami. Bajrami was...
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    March 1966 234 days Harmel 55 Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001) — 19 March 1966 17 July 1968 2 years, 120 days Vanden Boeynants I PSC/CVP–PVV/PLP 56 Gaston...
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    1978 Monarch Baudouin Preceded by Edmond Leburton Succeeded by Paul Vanden Boeynants Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 17 December 1981 – 19 June...
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  • It features samples of the speech Belgian former Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants gave after he had been kidnapped by the gang of Patrick Haemers...
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  • François-Xavier van der Straten-Waillet 1950–1961 Théo Lefèvre 1961–1966 Paul Vanden Boeynants 1966–1972 Robert J. Houben PSC 1972–1976 Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb...
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    office 17 June 1968 – 26 January 1973 Monarch Baudouin Preceded by Paul Vanden Boeynants Succeeded by Edmond Leburton In office 26 June 1958 – 25 April 1961...
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    Eisenhower in March 1969. At Kennedy's funeral, Baudouin was accompanied by Paul-Henri Spaak, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and former three-time Prime...
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    Cals Jelle Zijlstra (from 22 November) 1967 January–June  Belgium Paul Vanden Boeynants July–December  West Germany Kurt Georg Kiesinger 1968 January–June...
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  • and internationally famous politicians, such as Paul-Henri Spaak, Achiel Van Acker, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Wilfried Martens, Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Jean-Luc...
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    Thatcher (May 1979–1990) Valery Giscard d'Estaing Yvon Bourges Paul Vanden Boeynants (Jan–Apr 1979) Wilfried Martens (Apr 1979–1981) José Desmarets Pierre...
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    office 3 March 1979 – 6 April 1981 Monarch Baudouin Preceded by Paul Vanden Boeynants Succeeded by Mark Eyskens Personal details Born Wilfried Achiel...
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  • minister (1961–1965) Pierre Harmel, Prime minister (1965–1966) Paul Vanden Boeynants, Prime minister (1966–1968) Gaston Eyskens, Prime minister (1968–1973)...
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  • sampled parts of a press conference speech by former prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants after he was kidnapped by the gang of Patrick Haemers. New beat...
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  • abduction in 1990. 14 January 1989 Paul Vanden Boeynants Patrick Haemers and his gang Belgium 69 Released Vanden Boeynants, a Belgian politician was kidnapped...
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  • 2013) 1917 – Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995) 1919 – Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium...
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    Gaulle U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson Belgian prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants Danish prime minister Jens Otto Krag British prime minister Harold...
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    (1863–1915), American symbolist poet Louise Ochsé (1884–1944), sculptor Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001), politician, Minister of Defence and Prime Minister...
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    Leuven and Université Catholique de Louvain. The government of Paul Vanden Boeynants fell over the issue in 1968. The successive linguistic disputes...
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  • 2013) May 21 – Vera Altayskaya, Soviet actress (d. 1978) May 22 – Paul Vanden Boeynants, twice Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001) May 23 – Betty Garrett...
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