Louis Waltniel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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industrialist, politician
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Place of Birth: Ninove, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Louis Waltniel
- Louis Gustaaf Waltniel (28 August 1925 – 29 December 2001) was a Belgian liberal politician and industrialist.
- He held a master's degree in economic sciences. He was member of the city council, an alderman and finally burgomaster of Ninove (1995–2001).
- Waltniel also served as a member of parliament (Chamber of Representatives: 1965-1968, 1971–1974, Belgian Senate 1974-1992), state secretary for the civil service (1981–1985), state secretary for finance (1985), Deputy-president of the Flemish government and Flemish minister of finance and the budget (1985–1988) and Flemish minister of housing, spatial planning and monuments (1988–1992).
- He was president of the Liberaal Vlaams Verbond from 1974 until 1982.
- In 1995 he was evicted from the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) because during the 1994 communal elections he headed a renegade liberal party list (BANIER) against the official local liberal party and then joined a coalition government with socialists and Christian-democrats in which he served as burgomaster.
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