Gaston Eyskens
Belgian prime minister (1905–1988)
Gaston François Marie, Viscount Eyskens (1 April 1905 – 3 January 1988) was a Christian democratic politician and prime minister of Belgium. He was also an economist and member of the Belgian Christian Social Party (CVP-PSC).
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Quotes
edit- Belgium has granted Independence to Congo and it must be clear to everyone that it is impossible to reconsider this decision and it is also not the view of the government.
- Boudewijn: Naar het hart van de koning - aflevering 2, Een Coburg in Congo (4 Part Biographical documentary about King Baudouin) Eyskens gave this speech in July 1960 after King Baudouin had requested Eyskens to step down as first minister in order to put up a new governemnt, a new government that would prevent UN troops from Entering the then newly Independant Congo and the Province of Katanga which would practically nullify Congo's independence.
- Katanga that part of Congo where economic life has been resumed and where the prospects exist to develop a real prosperity for the benefit of the indigenous population, which is completely impossible in other areas of the Congo, where inrresponsible politics in less than 3 weeks have lead to utter anarchy.
- Histories: De Historie van Tshombe, Deel 1, 1997 (2 Part Biographical Documentary about Moïse Tshombe). Excerpt from a speech Eyskens gave to Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld in a visit to Belgium in August 1960 in the context of the then Congo Crisis.
External links
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- Gaston Eyskens at Belgium Prime Minister
- Gaston Eyskens at Encyclopædia Britannica
- Territorial Party Politics in Western Europe
- Gaston Eyskens in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures
- Archives of Gaston Eyskens in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures