Guy Spitaels

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Guy G.A.Gh. Spitaels (born September 3, 1931 in Ath) is a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He graduated in 1957 in political and social sciences at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL).

He was Minister-President of Wallonia from 1992 to 1994 and president of his party for quite a while until being succeeded by Philippe Busquin.

Along with other politicians from his party, he was involved in the Agusta scandal in 1995. 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.

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Preceded by
Bernard Anselme		 Minister-President of the Walloon Region
1992–1994		 Succeeded by
Robert Collignon
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