Paul Vanden Boeynants

Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants (Dutch pronunciation: [pɒˑu̯l vɑndənˈbuɪ̯nɑnts]) (22 May 1919 – 9 January 2001) was a Belgian politician. He served as the 41st Prime Minister of Belgium for two brief periods (1966–68 and 1978–79). Vanden Boeynants (called "VDB" by journalists) was born in Forest / Vorst, a municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region. Active as a businessman in the meat industry, he was a Representative for the PSC-CVP between 1949 and 1979. From 1961 to 1966 he led the PSC-CVP (which was in those days a single party). In 1966, he became Prime Minister of Belgium; he stayed in this post for two years. Later in 1978, he led another Belgian government which lasted until 1979. He left politics in 1995, and died...