Belgian Minister Given Age Waiver
- Share via
From Reuters
BRUSSELS — Belgian Foreign Minister Leo Tindemans will run in next month’s general election despite having passed his party’s age limit of 65, a party spokesman said on Wednesday.
The spokesman for the Flemish-speaking Social Christian party, the biggest member of the current center-right coalition, said it had decided to waive the age limit in the case of Tindemans, who turned 65 last April.
A former prime minister, Tindemans had been mentioned as a possible candidate to take over as secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
