Introduction
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme first served as prime minister from March to Dec. 2008 and became premier for the second time in Nov. 2009, replacing Herman Van Rompuy who had resigned to become the first president of the European Council. The Flemish Leterme was leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish Party (CD&V) and a former minister-president of Flanders. He served in a caretaker capacity since April 2010 when his fragile coalition government collapsed over a long-simmering linguistic dispute between Belgium’s Flemish and French-speaking politicians, triggering early parliamentary elections. The elections proved inconclusive and negotiations over the formation of a new coalition remained deadlocked until King Albert II appointed a new prime minister in Dec. 2011.
Early Life
Yves Leterme was born in Wervik, West Flanders on 6 Oct. 1960. Brought up by his Dutch-speaking Flemish mother and French-speaking Walloon father, he is bilingual. He went to school in Ypres...
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(2019). Leterme, Yves (Belgium). In: The Statesman’s Yearbook Companion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95839-9_448
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