Jean Gol

Jean Gol [ [http://www.liberaalarchief.be/E_G.html Jean Gol] ] (Hammersmith, 8 February, 1942 - Liege, 18 September, 1995) was a Belgian politician for the liberal party Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL) and a freemason. He was a minister, on several occasions, in the Belgian government. He obtained a doctorate in law at the University of Liege.

Career

He started his political career within the ranks of the "Rassemblement Wallon" in 1971. In 1974, he was "Secrétariat d’Etat à l’Economie régionale wallonne" in the government Tindemans II. In 1976, he was one of the co-founders of the "Parti des Réformes et des Libertés de Wallonie" (PRLW), a merger of the liberal Walloon "PLP", and some dissidents of the "Rassemblement Wallon". During the governments Martens V-VII, of 17 December 1981 up to 9 May 1988, he was: vice-premier, minister of justice and institutional reform. From 6 January 1985 up to 28 November 1985, Jean Gol replaced Willy De Clercq on the department of foreign trade.

In May 1992, he became president of the "PRL", and in 1993 he was one of the architects of the "PRL-FDF Federation", in collaboration with Antoinette Spaak. He re-defined the doctrine of social liberalism, which he had already worked on in 1976. In June 1994, he was elected a member of the European parliament, and in addition was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 1995.

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* [http://www.mr.be/Le-Mouvement/Centre-Jean-Gol/index.php Centre Jean Gol]
* [http://www.liberaalarchief.be/E_G.html Liberaal Archief]