Leterme II Government
The Belgian government Leterme II was of 25 November 2009 to 5 December 2011 at the office. On 26 April 2010 the king took to the submitted on April 22 resignation of the government; since she led more than 540 days, only the current business. The government consisted of fifteen Ministers (Prime Minister included) and seven secretaries of state. In addition, a government commissioner was appointed.
This second by Yves Leterme (CD & V) cited government was composed of the Flemish Christian Democrats (CD & V) and the francophone center humanists ( cdH ), the Flemish and French-speaking liberals (Open VLD and MR ) and the Francophone Socialists (PS ) together.
The government Leterme II was appointed as the fourth federal government for the legislative period 2007-2011 total after a short mediation by the former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens (CD & V) of King Albert II as the successor to the Van Rompuy government. This was resigned after the former Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was designated on 19 November 2009 as the first permanent President of the European Council. Since this position with that of a government is incompatible Van Rompuy had to resign his office.
There were few personnel changes to the government Van Rompuy. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, which was exercised by Leterme, walked over to Steven Vanackere while Inge Vervotte (both CD & V), the latter replaced as Minister for the Civil Service and Public companies.
Government was accompanied by former Prime Minister Jean -Luc Dehaene (CD & V), who was appointed as Special Commissioner of the king for the solution of the conflict around the constituency of Brussels -Halle- Vilvoorde. After this, however, the problem " BHV " could not solve, decided the Flemish liberals of Open VLD to leave the federal government and to withdraw its confidence. On 22 April 2010 Prime Minister Yves Leterme handed the government's resignation to the king one, but sat Albert II and his decision not accepted the resignation offered initially on. A short intermediate switching by Didier Reynders (MR ) was not successful, so the king on April 26 definitely accepted the resignation. On May 6, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate were finally resolved and arranged new elections scheduled for 13 June 2010. The polls had a strengthening of the Flemish nationalist and economically right-aligned N -VA in Flanders and a consolidation of the hegemony of the PS in the south result. Since after the elections, the formation of a new government at first did not succeed, the Leterme II Government remained during the Belgian EU Presidency in the second half of 2010 as acting in office. On 14 February 2011 Charles Michel, who has since been elected chairman of the MR came out from the outgoing government, leaving his ministerial post to Olivier Chastel.
After several failed attempts and the longest political crisis in Belgian history the Leterme II government was eventually superseded 5 December 2011 by the government Di Rupo.