Prime Minister of Belgium
Prime Minister of Belgium Eerste Minister van België Premier Ministre de Belgique Premierminister von Belgien Premier | |
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Executive branch of the Belgian Federal Government | |
Style | Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency[1] (formal, diplomatic) |
Member of | Belgian Federal Cabinet European Council |
Residence | Number 16, Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat |
Appointer | Monarch of Belgium |
Term length | No term limit |
Inaugural holder | Étienne de Gerlache (as Chief of Government) Léon Delacroix (as Prime Minister) |
Formation | 26 February 1831 |
Salary | 236,900 EUR annually[2] |
Website | premier.fgov.be |
This is a list of prime ministers of Belgium.
Chairmen of the Cabinet (1831–1918)[change | change source]
Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Election | Term of office | Political Party | Cabinet | Monarch of Belgium (Reign) | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | Name | Composition | ||||||
1 | Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785–1871) | 1830 | 27 February 1831 | 10 March 1831 | 11 days | Independent (Confessional) | De Gerlache | – | None (Érasme-Louis as regent of Belgium) | |
2 | Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865) | — | 10 March 1831 | 24 July 1831 | 136 days | Independent (Liberal) | Lebeau I | – | ||
Leopold I (1831–1865) | ||||||||||
3 | Félix de Muelenaere (1793–1862) | 1831 | 24 July 1831 | 20 October 1832 | 1 year, 88 days | Independent (Confessional) | De Mûelenaere | – | ||
4 | Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790–1873) | 1833 | 20 October 1832 | 4 August 1834 | 1 year, 288 days | Independent (Liberal) | Goblet d'Alviella— Rogier | – | ||
5 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874) | 1835 1837 1839 | 4 August 1834 | 18 April 1840 | 5 years, 258 days | Independent (Confessional) | De Theux de Meylandt I | – | ||
6 | Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865) | — | 18 April 1840 | 13 April 1841 | 360 days | Independent (Liberal) | Lebeau II | – | ||
7 | Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805–1881) | 1841 1843 | 13 April 1841 | 30 July 1845 | 4 years, 108 days | Nothomb | – | |||
8 | Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802–1874) | 1845 | 30 July 1845 | 31 March 1846 | 244 days | Van de Weyer | – | |||
9 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874) | — | 31 March 1846 | 12 August 1847 | 1 year, 134 days | Independent (Confessional) | De Theux de Meylandt II | – | ||
10 | Charles Rogier (1800–1885) | 1847 1848 1850 | 12 August 1847 | 31 October 1852 | 5 years, 80 days | Liberal Party | Rogier I | Lib. | ||
11 | Henri de Brouckère (1801–1891) | 1852 1854 | 31 October 1852 | 30 March 1855 | 2 years, 150 days | De Brouckère | ||||
12 | Pierre de Decker (1812–1891) | 1855 1856 | 30 March 1855 | 9 November 1857 | 2 years, 224 days | Independent (Confessional) | De Decker | Cath.–Lib. | ||
13 | Charles Rogier (1800–1885) | 1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1867 | 9 November 1857 | 3 January 1868 | 10 years, 55 days | Liberal Party | Rogier II | Lib. | ||
Leopold II (1865–1909) | ||||||||||
14 | Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1896) | 1868 | 3 January 1868 | 2 July 1870 | 2 years, 180 days | Frère-Orban I | ||||
15 | Jules d'Anethan (1803–1888) | Jun.1870 Aug.1870 | 2 July 1870 | 7 December 1871 | 1 year, 158 days | Catholic Party | D'Anethan | Cath. | ||
16 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874) | 1872 1874 | 7 December 1871 | 21 August 1874 (died in office) | 2 years, 257 days | Malou I | ||||
17 | Jules Malou (1810–1886) | 1876 | 21 August 1874 | 19 June 1878 | 3 years, 302 days | |||||
18 | Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1891) | 1878 1880 1882 | 19 June 1878 | 16 June 1884 | 5 years, 363 days | Liberal Party | Frère-Orban II | Lib. | ||
19 | Jules Malou (1810–1886) | 1884 | 16 June 1884 | 26 October 1884 | 132 days | Catholic Party | Malou II | Cath. | ||
20 | Auguste Beernaert (1829–1912) | 1886 1888 1890 1892 | 26 October 1884 | 26 March 1894 | 9 years, 151 days | Beernaert | ||||
21 | Jules de Burlet (1844–1897) | 1894 | 26 March 1894 | 25 February 1896 | 1 year, 336 days | De Burlet | ||||
22 | Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913) | 1896 1898 | 25 February 1896 | 24 January 1899 | 2 years, 333 days | De Smet de Naeyer I | ||||
23 | Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843–1917) | — | 24 January 1899 | 5 August 1899 | 193 days | Vandenpeereboom | ||||
24 | Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913) | 1900 1902 1904 1906 | 5 August 1899 | 2 May 1907 | 7 years, 270 days | De Smet de Naeyer II | ||||
25 | Jules de Trooz (1857–1907) | — | 2 May 1907 | 31 December 1907 (died in office) | 243 days | De Trooz | ||||
26 | Frans Schollaert (1851–1917) | 1908 1910 | 9 January 1908 | 17 June 1911 | 3 years, 159 days | Schollaert | ||||
Albert I (1909–1934) | ||||||||||
27 | Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940) | 1912 1914 | 17 June 1911 | 18 January 1916 | 6 years, 349 days | De Broqueville I (in exile, 1914–1918) | ||||
— | 18 January 1916 | 1 June 1918 | Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB | |||||||
28 | Gérard Cooreman (1852–1926) | — | 1 June 1918 | 21 November 1918 | 173 days | Cooreman |
Prime Ministers (1918–Present)[change | change source]
Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Election | Term of office | Political Party | Cabinet | Monarch of Belgium (Reign) | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | Name | Composition | ||||||
29 | Léon Delacroix (1867–1929) | — | 21 November 1918 | 2 December 1919 | 1 year, 365 days | Catholic Party | Delacroix I | Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB | Albert I (1909–1934) | |
1919 | 2 December 1919 | 20 November 1920 | Delacroix II | |||||||
30 | Henry Carton de Wiart (1869–1951) | — | 20 November 1920 | 16 December 1921 | 1 year, 26 days | Carton de Wiart | ||||
31 | Georges Theunis (1873–1966) | 1921 | 16 December 1921 | 13 May 1925 | 3 years, 148 days | Theunis I | Cath.–Lib. | |||
32 | Aloys Van de Vyvere (1871–1961) | 1925 | 13 May 1925 | 17 June 1925 | 35 days | Van de Vyvere | Cath. | |||
33 | Prosper Poullet (1868–1937) | — | 17 June 1925 | 20 May 1926 | 337 days | Poullet— Vandervelde | Cath.–BWP/POB | |||
34 | Henri Jaspar (1870–1939) | — | 20 May 1926 | 22 November 1927 | 5 years, 17 days | Jaspar I | Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB | |||
1929 | 22 November 1927 | 6 June 1931 | Jaspar II | Cath.–Lib. | ||||||
35 | Jules Renkin (1862–1934) | — | 6 June 1931 | 22 October 1932 | 1 year, 138 days | Renkin | ||||
36 | Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940) | 1932 | 22 October 1932 | 20 November 1934 | 2 years, 29 days | De Broqueville II | ||||
Leopold III (1934–1951) | ||||||||||
37 | Georges Theunis (1873–1966) | — | 20 November 1934 | 25 March 1935 | 125 days | Theunis II | ||||
38 | Paul van Zeeland (1893–1973) | — | 25 March 1935 | 13 June 1936 | 2 years, 244 days | Van Zeeland I | Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB | |||
1936 | 13 June 1936 | 24 November 1937 | Van Zeeland II | |||||||
39 | Paul-Émile Janson (1873–1944) | — | 24 November 1937 | 15 May 1938 | 172 days | Liberal Party | Janson | |||
40 | Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972) | — | 15 May 1938 | 22 February 1939 | 283 days | Belgian Labour Party | Spaak I | |||
41 | Hubert Pierlot (1883–1963) | 1939 | 22 February 1939 | 16 April 1939 | 5 years, 356 days | Catholic Party | Pierlot I | Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB | ||
— | 16 April 1939 | 3 September 1939 | Pierlot II | Cath.–Lib. | ||||||
— | 3 September 1939 | 28 May 1940 | Pierlot III | Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB | ||||||
— | 28 May 1940 | 27 September 1944 | Pierlot IV (in exile) | |||||||
— | 27 September 1944 | 12 December 1944 | Pierlot V | Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB–KPB-PCB | ||||||
— | 12 December 1944 | 12 February 1945 | Pierlot VI | Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB | ||||||
42 | Achille Van Acker (1898–1975) | — | 12 February 1945 | 2 August 1945 | 1 year, 29 days | Belgian Socialist Party | Van Acker I | BSP/PSB–Cath.–Lib. | ||
2 August 1945 | 13 March 1946 | Van Acker II | BSP/PSB–BDU/UDB–Lib.–KPB-PCB | |||||||
43 | Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972) | 1946 | 13 March 1946 | 31 March 1946 | 18 days | Spaak II | BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP | |||
44 | Achille Van Acker (1898–1975) | — | 31 March 1946 | 3 August 1946 | 125 days | Van Acker III | BSP/PSB–LP/PL–KPB-PCB | |||
45 | Camille Huysmans (1871–1968) | — | 3 August 1946 | 20 March 1947 | 229 days | Huysmans | ||||
46 | Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972) | — | 20 March 1947 | 27 November 1948 | 2 years, 144 days | Spaak III | BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP | |||
27 November 1948 | 11 August 1949 | Spaak IV | ||||||||
47 | Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988) | 1949 | 11 August 1949 | 8 June 1950 | 301 days | Christian Social Party | G.Eyskens I | PSC/CVP–LP/PL | ||
48 | Jean Duvieusart (1900–1977) | 1950 | 8 June 1950 | 16 August 1950 | 69 days | Duvieusart | PSC/CVP | |||
49 | Joseph Pholien (1884–1968) | — | 16 August 1950 | 15 January 1952 | 1 year, 152 days | Pholien | ||||
Baudouin (1951–1993) | ||||||||||
50 | Jean Van Houtte (1907–1991) | — | 15 January 1952 | 23 April 1954 | 2 years, 98 days | Van Houtte | ||||
51 | Achille Van Acker (1898–1975) | 1954 | 23 April 1954 | 26 June 1958 | 4 years, 64 days | Belgian Socialist Party | Van Acker IV | BSP/PSB–LP/PL | ||
52 | Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988) | 1958 | 26 June 1958 | 6 November 1958 | 2 years, 303 days | Christian Social Party | G.Eyskens II | PSC/CVP | ||
— | 6 November 1958 | 3 September 1960 | G.Eyskens III | PSC/CVP–LP/PL | ||||||
— | 3 September 1960 | 25 April 1961 | G.Eyskens IV | |||||||
53 | Théo Lefèvre (1914–1973) | 1961 | 25 April 1961 | 28 July 1965 | 4 years, 94 days | Lefèvre | PSC/CVP–BSP/PSB | |||
54 | Pierre Harmel (1911–2009) | 1965 | 28 July 1965 | 19 March 1966 | 234 days | Harmel | ||||
55 | Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001) | — | 19 March 1966 | 17 July 1968 | 2 years, 120 days | Vanden Boeynants I | PSC/CVP–PVV/PLP | |||
56 | Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988) | 1968 | 17 July 1968 | 20 January 1972 | 4 years, 193 days | Christian People's Party (CVP) | G.Eyskens V | CVP/PSC–BSP/PSB | ||
1971 | 20 January 1972 | 26 January 1973 | G.Eyskens VI | |||||||
57 | Edmond Leburton (1915–1997) | — | 26 January 1973 | 23 October 1973 | 1 year, 89 days | Belgian Socialist Party | Leburton I | BSP/PSB–CVP/PSC–PVV/PLP | ||
23 October 1973 | 25 April 1974 | Leburton II | BSP/PSB–CVP/PSC | |||||||
58 | Leo Tindemans (1922–2014) | 1974 | 25 April 1974 | 3 June 1977 | 4 years, 178 days | Christian People's Party (CVP) | Tindemans I | CVP/PSC–PVV/PLP | ||
1977 | 3 June 1977 | 20 October 1978 | Tindemans II | CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF | ||||||
59 | Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001) | — | 20 October 1978 | 3 April 1979 | 165 days | Christian Social Party (PSC) | Vanden Boeynants II | |||
60 | Wilfried Martens (1936–2013) | 1978 | 3 April 1979 | 23 January 1980 | 1 year, 362 days | Christian People's Party (CVP) | Martens I | |||
— | 23 January 1980 | 18 May 1980 | Martens II | CVP/PSC–SP/PS | ||||||
— | 18 May 1980 | 22 October 1980 | Martens III | CVP/PSC–SP/PS–PVV/PRL | ||||||
— | 22 October 1980 | 31 March 1981 | Martens IV | CVP/PSC–SP/PS | ||||||
61 | Mark Eyskens (born 1933) | — | 31 March 1981 | 17 December 1981 | 261 days | M.Eyskens | ||||
62 | Wilfried Martens (1936–2013) | 1981 | 17 December 1981 | 28 November 1985 | 10 years, 81 days | Martens V | CVP/PSC-PVV/PRL | |||
1985 | 28 November 1985 | 21 October 1987 | Martens VI | |||||||
1987 | 21 October 1987 | 9 May 1988 | Martens VII | |||||||
— | 9 May 1988 | 29 September 1991 | Martens VIII | CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF | ||||||
1991 | 29 September 1991 | 7 March 1992 | Martens IX | CVP/PSC–SP/PS | ||||||
63 | Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014) | — | 7 March 1992 | 21 May 1995 | 7 years, 127 days | Dehaene I | ||||
Albert II (1993–2013) | ||||||||||
1995 | 21 May 1995 | 12 July 1999 | Dehaene II | |||||||
64 | Guy Verhofstadt (born 1953) | 1999 | 12 July 1999 | 12 July 2003 | 8 years, 252 days | Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) | Verhofstadt I | VLD/PRL–SP.A/PS–Agalev/Ecolo | ||
2003 | 12 July 2003 | 21 December 2007 | Verhofstadt II | VLD/MR–SP.A/PS | ||||||
2007 | 21 December 2007 | 20 March 2008 | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD) | Verhofstadt III | Open VLD/MR–CD&V/CDH–PS | |||||
65 | Yves Leterme (born 1960) | — | 20 March 2008 | 30 December 2008 | 285 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) | Leterme I | CD&V/CDH–PS–Open Vld/MR | ||
66 | Herman Van Rompuy (born 1947) | — | 30 December 2008 | 25 November 2009 | 330 days | Van Rompuy | CD&V/CDH–Open Vld/MR–PS | |||
67 | Yves Leterme (born 1960) | — | 25 November 2009 | 6 December 2011 | 2 years, 11 days | Leterme II | ||||
68 | Elio Di Rupo (born 1951) | 2010 | 6 December 2011 | 11 October 2014 | 2 years, 309 days | Socialist Party (PS) | Di Rupo | SP.A/PS–CD&V/CDH–Open Vld/MR | ||
Philippe (2013–present) | ||||||||||
69 | Charles Michel (born 1975) | 2014 | 11 October 2014 | 21 December 2018 | 5 years, 16 days | Reformist Movement (MR) | Michel I | Open Vld/MR–N-VA–CD&V | ||
— | 21 December 2018 | 27 October 2019 | Michel II | Open Vld/MR–CD&V | ||||||
70 | Sophie Wilmès (born 1975) | — | 27 October 2019 | 17 March 2020 | 340 days | Wilmès I | ||||
2019 | 17 March 2020 | 1 October 2020 | Wilmès II | |||||||
71 | Alexander De Croo (born 1975) | — | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 192 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD) | De Croo | Open Vld/MR–SP.A/PS–Groen/Ecolo–CD&V |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Protocol and Liaison Service, United Nations. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ↑ "IG.com Pay Check".