Everything about Louis Tobback totally explained
Louis Marie Joseph Tobback (born
May 3 1938) is a
Belgian politician. Tobback is a
Flemish socialist and member of the political party
SP.a (formerly known as SP). He is currently the mayor of
Leuven. He graduated in roman philology at the
Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Political career
He started his political career in
1965 in the council of the OCMW(
nl
) / CPAS(
fr). In
1971 he was elected a member of the city council of Leuven, and became
eerste schepen (first
alderman).
In
1974, he became the leader of the socialist faction in the
Belgian Chamber of Representatives and became a controversial but respected politician. Tobback is known for his oneliners in which he clearly states his opinion.
From
1988 until
1994 he was Belgian
Interior Minister in two coalitions formed by Christian democrats and socialists, who faced the tough task to make Belgium comply with the
Maastricht norms. It was known that he liked cooperating with
Jean-Luc Dehaene, who was Prime Minister from
1992 until
1999.
In
1994 he became president of the Flemish Socialist Party (SP, now
SP.a). In that time the party had a hard time due to the
Agusta scandal in which several Flemish and
Walloon socialists were accused of corruption. Despite this, the party didn't lose too many votes in the federal and regional elections in
1995. As president of the SP, he also started a campaign of ideological and organisatorical innovation within the party.
In
1995, Tobback also became the mayor of Leuven, and he was granted the title of
Minister of State as a recognition of his work in politics.
In April
1998, he again became Interior Minister, after
Johan Vande Lanotte (also SP.a) resigned because of the escape of
Marc Dutroux during his transport from jail to the court hall. In September
1998 he resigned himself after a Nigerian immigration candidate (
Semira Adamu) died during her forced repatriation.
As of
10 October,
2006, Tobback is the mayor of Leuven. He retained his position in the election earlier that month.
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