Guy Spitaels

Guy Spitaels   (politician)
Born	1931-09-03 Ath, Belgium
Died	2012-08-21 (Age 80) Uccle, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven
Party	Socialist Party
Minister-President of Wallonia In office 7 January 1992 - 25 January 1994  President of the Party of European Socialists In office February 1989 - May 1992  Leader of the Socialist Party In office 1981 - 1992

Guy Spitaels is a Belgian politician. He quit the Roman Catholic faith and became a Freemason.

Career

In 1992 Spitaels arranged that he would become Minister-President of the Walloon Government. Along with other politicians from his party, he was involved in the Agusta scandal, which caused his resignation in 1994. In 1995 he was elected President of the Walloon Parliament but he had to resign from this office due to the scandal in 1997. Spitaels was convicted for passive bribery by the Court of Cassation in 1998. His political career would never recover from this scandal.

Before the Agusta scandal he was nicknamed Dieu (French for God), a reference to his great influence within the Parti Socialiste, which was the most powerful party of French-speaking Belgium in those days.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1991	6 June 1991	9 June 1991	Germany Baden-Baden Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof	The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests

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