Leo Tindemans, 92, Dies; Belgian Prime Minister and Voice for European Unity

Leo Tindemans, a former prime minister of Belgium who pushed for greater European integration and helped set the stage for the introduction of the European Union’s single currency, the euro, died on Dec. 26 in Edegem, in the Flemish province of Antwerp. He was 92.

 

His death was announced by the European People’s Party, which he helped found.

 

Mr. Tindemans, a Christian Democrat, was the prime minister of Belgium from 1974-78, and later its foreign minister.

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