Guy Spitaels
| Guy Spitaels link (Politician) | |
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| Born | 1931-09-03 Ath, Belgium |
| Died | 2012-08-21 Uccle, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
| Party | Socialist Party |
Belgian politician. He quit the Roman Catholic faith and became a Freemason.dedesc | |
Guy Spitaels is a Belgian politician. He quit the Roman Catholic faith and became a Freemason.
Career
In 1992 Spitaels arranged that he would become Minister-President of the Walloon Government. Along with other politicians from his party, he was involved in the Agusta scandal, which caused his resignation in 1994. In 1995 he was elected President of the Walloon Parliament but he had to resign from this office due to the scandal in 1997. Spitaels was convicted for passive bribery by the Court of Cassation in 1998. His political career would never recover from this scandal.
Before the Agusta scandal he was nicknamed Dieu (French for God), a reference to his great influence within the Parti Socialiste, which was the most powerful party of French-speaking Belgium in those days.