The Socialist prime minister had brought elections forward by six months and said he would not stand again.
Police officers were involved and socialist ministers helped cover it up.
The son of a socialist and pacifist minister, Martin grew up with a strong political influence in his life.
He is a former socialist minister for humanitarian action.
As a result of negotiations, on May 5 (18) agreement was reached and 6 socialist ministers joined the cabinet.
In the early 1970s Spitaels was chief of staff to various Belgian socialist ministers.
Some Socialists want a more socialist prime minister, who might extend a hand to the Communists.
The former socialist minister repeatedly refused that request.
The former French Socialist prime minister shot himself five weeks after his party's crushing defeat in parliamentary elections.
The most prominent is that of Salvador Allende, the socialist prime minister who died during the coup.