The Martens I Government was the national government

Belgian federal government

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 of Belgium

Belgium

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 from 3 April 1979 to 23 January 1980.

It was the first government headed by Wilfried Martens

Wilfried Martens

Wilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992....

 and comprised the Flemish

Flanders

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 Christian People's Party

Christian Democratic and Flemish

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 (CVP), the French

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-speaking Christian Social Party

Humanist Democratic Centre

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 (PSC), the Flemish Belgian Socialist Party (BSP), the French-speaking Socialist Party

Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)

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 (SP) and the Democratic Front of Francophones

Democratic Front of Francophones

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 (FDF). It fell after nine months, when the FDF left the government.

Composition

Minister	Name	Party
Prime Minister	Wilfried Martens Wilfried Martens Wilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992....	CVP
Deputy Prime Minister - Budget	Guy Spitaels Guy Spitaels Guy G. A. Gh. Spitaels is a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He graduated in 1957 in political and social sciences at the Universite Catholique de Louvain ....	PS
Deputy Prime Minister - Economic Affairs	Willy Claes Willy Claes Willem Werner Hubert "Willy" Claes was the eighth Secretary General of NATO and a Belgian politician. He was a member of the Flemish Socialist Party....	BSP
Deputy Prime Minister - Defence	Paul Vanden Boeynants Paul Vanden Boeynants Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants was a Belgian politician. He served as the 41st Prime Minister of Belgium for two brief periods ....	PSC
Communication	Jos Chabert	CVP
Justice	Renaat Van Elslande Renaat Van Elslande Renaat Antoon Joseph Van Elslande was a Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams politician who had been culture minister and foreign minister....	CVP
Foreign Affairs	Henri Simonet Henri Simonet Henri François Simonet was a Belgian politician.Born in Brussels, Henri Simonet studied law and economics at the ULB and then went to Columbia University as CRB Graduate Fellow. Simonet began his political life as a member of the Socialist Party . He served as mayor of Anderlecht between 1966 and...	PS
Social Assistance and Pensions	Alfred Califice	PSC
Agriculture and Middle Classes	Albert Lavens	CVP
Education	Jef Ramaekers	BSP
Dutch-speaking Community Affairs	Rika De Backer	CVP
Public Health and Environment	Luc Dhoore	CVP
Finance	Gaston Geens Gaston Geens Gaston C.S.A. Geens was a Flemish politician and minister-president of Flanders....	CVP
Walloon Affairs	Jean-Maurice Dehousse Jean-Maurice Dehousse Jean-Maurice Dehousse is a former Member of the European Parliament who served Belgium between 1999 and 2004 as a member of the Parti Socialiste. He was the first Minister-President of the Walloon Region.- Life :...	PS
Public Works	Guy Mathot	PS
PTT	Robert Urbain	PS
Development Cooperation	Mark Eyskens Mark Eyskens Marc Maria Frans, Viscount Eyskens , known as Mark Eyskens , is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People's Party , now called Christian Democratic and Flemish, and briefly served as Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981.-Background:He was born in Leuven, the son of Gaston Eyskens, and...	CVP
Employment and Labour	Roger De Wulf	BSP
Education	Jacques Hoyaux	PS
Interior and Institutional Reform	Georges Gramme	PSC
Flemish Affairs	Marc Galle	BSP
French-speaking Community Affairs	Michel Hansenne Michel Hansenne Michel Hansenne was born on in Belgium. He studied law and became a labour activist turned Belgium politician. In 1989 he was the first Director-General of the International Labour Organization since the end of the cold war. In 1999 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament from...	PSC
Civil Service and Institutional Reform	Willy Calewaert	BSP
Brussels Affairs	Léon Defosset	FDF
Foreign Trade and Science Policy	Lucien Outers	FDF
Secretary of State	Name	Party
Brussels Affairs	Guy Cudell	PS
Flemish Affairs	Paul Akkermans	CVP
Dutch-speaking Community Affairs	Rika Steyaert	CVP
Brussels Affairs	Lydia De Pauw	BSP
Flemish Affairs	Daniel Coens	CVP
Walloon Affairs	Bernard Anselme Bernard Anselme Bernard Anselme was the Minister-President of the Walloon Region of Belgium from May 11, 1988 to January 7, 1992.- Biography :Bernard Anselme was born on November 3, 1945 in Mouscron, Wallonia to a postal worker...	PS
Walloon Affairs	Antoine Humblet	PSC
French-speaking Community Affairs	François Persoons	FDF

Reshuffles

• 15 October 1979: José Desmarets (PSC) replaces Paul Vanden Boeynants
  Paul Vanden Boeynants
  Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants was a Belgian politician. He served as the 41st Prime Minister of Belgium for two brief periods ....
  
   as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Philippe Maystadt
  Philippe Maystadt
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   (PSC) replaces Antoine Humblet as Secretary of State for the Walloon Region
  Walloon Region
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• 16 January 1980: Lucien Outers, Léon Defosset and François Persoons resign.