Gaston Eyskens (April 1, 1905 - January 3, 1988) was a Belgian economist, Christian Democratic politician, and statesman. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He was prime minister of Belgium six times: once from 1949 to 1950, three times from 1958 to 1961 and twice from 1968 to 1973. Eyskens was confronted with major ideological and linguistic conflicts (the controversy over king Leopold III in 1950, the "School War" in 1958, the split of the University of Leuven in 1970). He oversaw the first steps towards the regionalization of Belgium (constitutional reform of 1970). Leopold III, Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (November 3, 1901 - September 25, 1983) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of his Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin. ... The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (or K.U.Leuven, or in English Catholic University of Leuven - also the translated name of its French-speaking sister university) is a Flemish university, located in the town of Leuven in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) region of Belgium. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
When the 1954 elections brought to power a coalition of Socialists and Liberals, the new Education Minister, Paul Collard[?], immediately set out to reverse the measures taken by his predecessor, sparking mass protests by the Catholic bloc.
A compromise was eventually found by the next government (a Catholic minority government led by GastonEyskens), and the "School War" was concluded by the November 6, 1958 School Pact.
Pierre Harmel was Minister of Justice in the second government led by GastonEyskens (June 23, 1958 - November 6, 1958), and then Minister of Culture (November 6, 1958 - September 3, 1960) and Minister of the Civil Service (September 3, 1960 - April 25, 1961) in the third Eyskens cabinet.
Eyskens hield in al deze moeilijke kwesties voet bij stuk, ondanks de soms felle tegenkanting van zijn eigen partij of bepaalde delen van de bevolking.
Eyskens was ook premier toen in 1970 de Belgische staat voor het eerst hervormd werd.
Mark Eyskens, die eveneens een belangrijk Belgisch politicus is geweest en intussen ook al de pensioengerechtigde leeftijd voorbij is, blijft voor eeuwig "de zoon".
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