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pronunciation:
[duh-hen]
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| Belgian statesman and prime minister (1992–9), born in Montpellier, S France. Educated at Namur, he was a scout commissioner (1963–7) before becoming vice-president of the CVP (Christian People's Party) youth section and going on to act in a number of different party roles. First elected to parliament in 1981, he was minister for social affairs and institutional reforms (1981–8), then deputy prime minister and, simultaneously, minister for communications and institutional reforms (1988–92). In 1992 he began the first of two terms as prime minister, his period of office being overshadowed by a number of scandals involving the police handling of child murder and abuse cases, and suspicions of high-level involvement in crimes against children. |
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