List of governments in Belgium
This is a list of the Belgian federal, regional, and community governments.
Federal government[]
The Belgian Federal Government is the executive branch of the whole Kingdom of Belgium.
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||
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Prime Minister | |||||||||
Prime Minister | Alexander De Croo | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Open Vld | |||||
Deputy Prime Ministers | |||||||||
Minister of Economy and Employment | Pierre-Yves Dermagne | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | PS | |||||
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions | Sophie Wilmès (deputised by David Clarinval) | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | MR | |||||
Minister of Mobility | Georges Gilkinet | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Ecolo | |||||
Minister of Finance, in charge of the Coordination of the Fight against Fraud | Vincent Van Peteghem | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | CD&V | |||||
Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health | Frank Vandenbroucke | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Vooruit | |||||
Minister of Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Telecommunication and Postal Services | Petra De Sutter | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Groen | |||||
Minister of Justice and the North Sea | Vincent Van Quickenborne | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Open Vld | |||||
Ministers | |||||||||
Minister of the Small Businesses, Self-Employed, SMEs and Agriculture, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal | David Clarinval | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | MR | |||||
Minister of Pensions and Social Integration, in charge of Persons with Disabilities, Combating Poverty and Beliris | Karine Lalieux | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | PS | |||||
Minister of Defence | Ludivine Dedonder | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | PS | |||||
Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal | Zakia Khattabi | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Ecolo | |||||
Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal | Annelies Verlinden | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | CD&V | |||||
Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy | Meryame Kitir | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Vooruit | |||||
Minister of Energy | Tinne Van der Straeten | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Groen | |||||
Secretaries of State | |||||||||
Secretary of State for Recovery and Strategic Investments, in charge of Science Policy Deputy to the Minister of the Economy and Employment | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | PS | ||||||
Secretary of State for Digitization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and Buildings Administration Deputy to the Prime Minister | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | MR | ||||||
Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity Deputy to the Minister of Mobility | Sarah Schlitz | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Ecolo | |||||
Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, in charge of the National Lottery Deputy to the Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal | Sammy Mahdi | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | CD&V | |||||
Secretary of State for Budget and Consumer Protection Deputy to the Minister of Justice and the North Sea | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Open Vld |
Flemish government[]
The Flemish Government is the executive branch of both the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community.
The coalition replaced the interim Homans Government, again consisting of the N-VA (35 seats), CD&V (19 seats) and Open Vld (16 seats). In contrary to what was expected, the N-VA only has four ministers (instead of five), while CD&V has three (instead of only two). Finally, Open Vld has two ministers.
Party | Name | Function | |
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N-VA | Jan Jambon | Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Culture, Foreign Policy and Development Cooperation | |
CD&V | Hilde Crevits | Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Employment, Social Economy, Innovation and Agriculture | |
Open Vld | Bart Somers | Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for the Interior, Administrative Affairs, Integration, and Equal Opportunities | |
N-VA | Ben Weyts | Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Education, Animal Welfare, Brussels Periphery and Sport | |
N-VA | Zuhal Demir | Flemish Minister for Justice and Enforcement, Environment, Energy and Tourism | |
CD&V | Wouter Beke | Flemish Minister for Welfare, Health, Family and Poverty Reduction | |
N-VA | Matthias Diependaele | Flemish Minister for Finance, Budget, Housing and Immovable Heritage | |
Open Vld | Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works | ||
CD&V | Flemish Minister for Brussels, Media and Youth |
Government of the French Community[]
The Government of the French Community is the executive branch of the French Community.
Party | Name | Function | |
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MR | Minister President and Minister of Intra-Belgian Relations, International and European Relations and Development Cooperation | ||
MR | Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Youth and Sports | ||
PS | Minister of Education | ||
PS | Frédéric Daerden | Minister of Budget, Public Functions and Equal Rights | |
Ecolo | Minister of Culture, Media, Day-care and Women's Rights |
Government of the German-speaking Community[]
The Government of the German-speaking Community is the executive branch of the German-speaking Community.
Following the 26 May 2019 election, ProDG (6 seats), the PS (4 seats) and PFF (3 seats) parties continued their coalition of the previous five years.
Party | Name | Function | |
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ProDG | Oliver Paasch | Minister-President; Minister of Local Government and Finances | |
PS | Vice Minister-President; Minister of Health, Social Affairs, Spatial Development and Housing | ||
PFF | Isabelle Weykmans | Minister of Sport, Employment and Media | |
ProDG | Minister of Education and Scientific Research |
Walloon Government[]
The Walloon Government is the executive branch of Wallonia.
Party | Name | Function | |
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PS | Elio Di Rupo | Minister-President | |
PS | Vice-President; Minister of Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Equality | ||
MR | Willy Borsus | Vice-President; Minister of Economy, Foreign Trade, Spatial Planning and Agriculture. | |
PS | Pierre-Yves Dermagne (until October 1, 2020) | Minister of Local Government and Housing | |
PS | Christophe Collignon (from October 1, 2020) | Minister of Local Government and Housing | |
MR | (until January 13, 2022) | Minister of Budget, Sports Infrastructure and Airports. | |
MR | (from January 13, 2022) | Minister of Budget, Sports Infrastructure and Airports. | |
MR | Minister of Civil Service Matters, Administrative Simplification, Child Benefits, Tourism, Heritage and Traffic Safety. | ||
Ecolo | Minister of Environment, Nature, Rural Renovation and Animal Welfare. | ||
Ecolo | Philippe Henry | Minister of Climate, Mobility, Infrastructure and Energy. |
Government of the Brussels-Capital Region[]
The Government of the Brussels-Capital Region is the executive branch of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Following the 7 June 2009 election, the French-speaking parties PS, Ecolo and CDH formed a coalition with the Dutch-speaking parties Open VLD, Sp.A, CD&V and Groen!. The government was originally led by Charles Picqué but he retired on 7 May 2013 and was replaced by Rudi Vervoort.
Composition 2019-[]
Government of the Brussels-Capital Region - Vervoort III | |||
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Party | Name | Function | |
PS | Rudi Vervoort | Minister-President; Minister of Urban Renewal, Spatial Development, Safety & Prevention, Tourism, the image of Brussels and bicultural issues of regional importance, Student Affairs and Paying Passenger Transport | |
Groen | Minister of Mobility, Public Works and Road Safety | ||
Ecolo | Minister of Environment & Climate, Social Integration, Health, Energy, Water, Cleanliness and the Port of Brussels | ||
Open Vld | Sven Gatz | Minister of Finance, Budget, Civil Service, Promotion of Multilingualism, Tourism, Statistics, Urbanism, Heritage, the image of Brussels and bicultural issues of regional importance | |
DéFI | Bernard Clerfayt | Minister of Employment, Professional Education, Local Authorities, Digitization, Animal Welfare and Child Benefits | |
PS | Secretary of State for Equal Opportunities and Housing | ||
one.brussels-sp.a | Pascal Smet | Secretary of State for Urbanism, European and International Affairs, Foreign Trade, Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Assistance | |
Ecolo | Secretary of State for Economic Transition and Research |
See also[]
External links[]
- Politics of Belgium
- Lists of national cabinets