Jean Gol
Jean Gol (birth name: Jean Golstein ) ( born February 8, 1942 in Hammersmith, England; † September 17, 1995 in Liege, Liege, Belgium) was a Belgian politician.
Biography
Study and career
Gol was born the son of a Jewish couple doctors in England, where his parents lived as refugees during the Second World War. He studied 1959-1964 jurisprudence and was after the Doctor of Law and admitted to the bar first explorers and then 1965-1969 contender in the Fonds national de la recherche scientifique ( FNRS ) of the Inter-University Centre for Public Law.
In 1969, he earned a diploma of higher studies and law from the University of Liège and then took up a position as a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law by Professor François Perin, whose " intellectual foster- son " he was. He then settled down as a lawyer in Liege, specializing with his law firm on International Trade Law. In addition, he was a lecturer at the University of Liège in 1974.
Political career
In addition, he began his political career in 1968 as a member of the Council of the Province of Liège, where he represented the interests of the Rassemblement Wallon. In addition, he was a deputy of the Provincial Council for Liege. Later he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
In 1974, he was briefly the Cabinet of Prime Minister Leo Tindemans as State Secretary for Economic Affairs of Wallonia.
After the RW increasingly approximates the left political spectrum under the influence of Paul-Henry Gendebien, he still leaves 1976 with François Perin, Philippe Monfils and Étienne Knoops disappointed the RW and founded with them the Parti pour les Reformes et la Liberté de Wallonie ( PRLw ).
Jean Gol 1979 belonged to the founders of the Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL ), which arose from the Parti des Reformes et de la liberté de Wallonie ( PLRw ) out, and as the successor of André Damseaux to 1981 and Chairman of the PRL.
On 17 December 1981 Prime Minister Wilfried Martens appointed him Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and Institutional Reforms and took this function also in the sixth and seventh government Martens until May 9th 1988 true. Last time was Didier Reynders, the current chairman of the Mouvement Réformateur, 1987-1988 his Head of Cabinet in the Ministry of Justice.
As the successor to Willy De Clercq, Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Policy in the first Delors Commission was, he was also between 9 January and November 28, 1985 Minister of Foreign Trade.
Jean Gol, who was one of the early leading political figures of the Walloon Region, was honored for his political services on 26 May 1992 with the honorary title of Minister of State.
In 1992 he was a candidate also another successful year for the post of chairman of the PRL and was the successor to the previous co - chairman Antoine Duquesne and Daniel Ducarme new party chairman. This office he held until his death. During this time, it came in 1992 /93 on the adoption of a new party program as well as a more attractive of the party by an electoral alliance with the Democratic Front of Francophones ( FDF).
To him, the Parc Jean Gol was named in honor Chaudfontaine. In addition, the Centre Jean Gol, the scientific center of the two liberal parties Mouvement Réformateur and Open wears Vlaamse en Democraten liberals (Open VLD), his name. In addition, the Foundation of the University of Liege bears his name.