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Martens had five children: two from his first marriage with Lieve Verschroeven (Kris and Anne) and three with Ilse Schouteden (Sarah, Sophie and Simon). After the birth of their twins in 1997 they married on 13 November 1998. Ilse Schouteden has a son from her previous marriage. In 2007 he divorced
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as a student. He began to draw public attention in 1957 when, as president of the Flemish Youth Committee, he organized a march to protest the lack of Flemish presence in the
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has been renamed after him, now being the "Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies", a decision taken during the EPP Congress in
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with 75 member-parties from 40 countries – is widely recognised as an important achievement of his European political legacy.
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Martens held a doctorate in law, a degree in notarial studies, as well as a baccalaureate in
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Among numerous national and international distinctions, he was honoured in 1998 with the
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From 1994 to 1998, he was a Member of the European Parliament, chairing the EPP Group.
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In 1965, Martens joined the Christian People's Party or CD&V, (since renamed to
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Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome: Wilfried Martens: 9783540892885: Amazon.com: Books
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He re-appeared on the Belgian political stage on 22 December 2008 to help in the
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Wilfried Martens served as Prime Minister in nine coalition governments (
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Grand Officer in the Ordre du Croissant vert, Commores (9 June 1982)
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From October 2000 to November 2001 he was also the President of the
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1992. A member of the Flemish
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from 1974 to 1991, and serving as a Senator from 1991 to 1994.
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Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
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On 10 September 2009, Wilfried Martens presented his book
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Martens was born on 19 April 1936 in the village of
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European People's Party-European Democrats
Leo Tindemans
Hans-Gert Pöttering
European People's Party
Jacques Santer
Joseph Daul
Prime Minister of Belgium
Baudouin
Mark Eyskens
Jean-Luc Dehaene
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Mark Eyskens
Sleidinge
Lokeren
Christian People's Party
Miet Smet
Alma mater
Catholic University of Leuven
[ˈʋɪlfritˈmɑrtəns]

prime minister of Belgium
Christian People's Party
transformation
federal state
European People's Party
Sleidinge
East Flanders
Catholic University of Leuven
Flemish Movement

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