List of governments in Belgium

Map indicating the language areas and provinces of Belgium. Provinces are marked by the thinner black lines.

Dutch-speaking		French-speaking
German-speaking		Bilingual FR/NL
Community:		Region:
Flemish		Flanders
Flemish and French		Brussels
French		Wallonia
German-speaking		Wallonia

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
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	[fr]	1 October 2020	Incumbent	PS
Secretary of State for Digitization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and Buildings Administration Deputy to the Prime Minister	[fr]	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	[nl]	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
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
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
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
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-[]


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

External links[]

The Belgian Federal Government – Composition