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==Short bio==
'''Jean-Luc Dehaene''' (born [[August 7]] [[1940]]) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] politician.
Mexican mathematics grad school student.
I'm also a major contributor of [http://planetmath.org Planetmath], the free mathematics encyclopedia.
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He was born in [[Montpellier]], [[France]], when his parents were fleeing for the [[Germany |German]] troops. He got into politics through the [[Algemeen Christelijk Werknemersverbond]] (ACW), a trade union which was closely linked to the [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|Christelijke Volkspartij]].
* [[Image:Drini-nonuniformconvergence.png|thumb|300px|left|Used on [[Uniform convergence]]]]
In 1981 he became Minister of Social Affairs and Institutional Reform, until 1988, when he became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Traffic and Institutional Reform.
* [[Image:Drini-conjugatehyperbolas.png|thumb|300px|left|Used on [[Hyperbola]]]]
==Personal reminder==
'''Dehaene I (1992-1995)'''
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In 1992, after both [[Guy Verhofstadt]] and [[Melchior Wathelet]] had failed, he managed to form a governing coalition of christian-democrats and social-democrats. This became one of Belgium's most important governments, because it successfully transformed Belgium into a [[federalism|federal]] state.
In [[March]] [[1993]], Dehaene offered the King the resignation of his government, because of diverging views on how to handle the public finances. However, within a week the differences were put aside.
After the death of King [[Baudouin]], his government exerciced the royal function until Prince Albert was sworn in as [[Albert II of Belgium|King Albert II of the Belgians]] nine days later.
'''Dehaene II (1995-1999)'''
His second government was also composed of Christian-democrats and social-democrats. Despite the fact that the government was flooded with crisises - notably the [[Marc Dutroux|Dutroux]] scandal - it managed to serve the entire legislature. Some weeks before the [[1999]] elections a food scandal erupted, and both governing parties lost much of their support.
After the elections, [[Guy Verhofstadt]] formed the first Belgian government without the Christian-democrats since 1958. Dehaene remained senator until [[2001]], when he became burgomaster (mayor) of [[Vilvoorde]], a town near [[Brussels]]. To the surprise of many, he was nominated by Verhofstadt to become Vice Chairman of the [[Convention on the Future of Europe]].
In order to offer support his part, the [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]], he was once again a candidate during the [[2003]] elections, but this was clearly not with the intention of becoming Prime Minister, as he was put as last person on the party list.
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[[Wilfried Martens]]</td>
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[[Guy Verhofstadt]]</td>
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