Minister of State (Belgium)
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The Minister of State (Dutch: Minister van Staat, French: Ministre d'État, German: Staatsminister) is an honorary title in Belgium. It is formally granted by the Belgian monarch, but on the initiative of the Belgian federal government. It is given on a personal basis, for life rather than for a specified period. The title is granted for exceptional merits, generally to senior politicians at the end of their party careers. It is not lost after a criminal conviction (Guy Spitaels, Willy Claes). Ministers of state are often former cabinet members or party leaders. Ministers of State advise the Sovereign in delicate situations, with moral authority but without formal competence. They are also members of the Crown Council of Belgium.
List of living ministers of state[]
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Former ministers of state[]
Date of appointment | Name | Birth Death |
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12 November 1831 | Félix de Mérode | 1791-1857 |
12 November 1831 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt | 1794-1874 |
12 November 1831 | Felix de Muelenaere | 1793-1862 |
17 September 1832 | Albert Goblet d'Alviella | 1790-1873 |
8 August 1834 | Auguste Duvivier | 1772-1846 |
19 August 1836 | 1775-1852 | |
19 June 1845 | Jean-Baptiste Nothomb | 1805-1881 |
30 July 1845 | Edouard d'Huart | 1800-1884 |
12 August 1845 | Edouard Mercier | 1799-1870 |
12 August 1847 | Charles Liedts | 1802-1878 |
12 August 1847 | Henri de Brouckère | 1801-1891 |
6 June 1856 | Jules Joseph d'Anethan | 1803-1888 |
6 June 1856 | Adolphe Dechamps | 1807-1875 |
6 June 1856 | Charles Le Hon | 1792-1868 |
12 November 1857 | Joseph Lebeau | 1794-1866 |
12 November 1857 | Noël Delfosse | 1801-1858 |
3 June 1861 | Walthère Frère-Orban | 1812-1896 |
4 November 1861 | 1806-1885 | |
13 May 1863 | Eugène de Ligne | 1804-1880 |
13 May 1863 | Sylvain Van de Weyer | 1802-1874 |
6 June 1863 | Constant d'Hoffschmidt | 1804-1873 |
4 January 1868 | Charles Rogier | 1800-1885 |
4 January 1868 | 1812-1884 | |
24 July 1870 | Jules Malou | 1810-1886 |
7 July 1872 | Barthélemy Dumortier | 1797-1878 |
1 May 1875 | Charles Vilain XIIII | 1803-1878 |
1 May 1875 | 1808-1880 | |
7 January 1879 | 1815-1892 | |
7 January 1879 | Auguste Orts | 1814-1880 |
18 June 1884 | Eudore Pirmez | 1830-1890 |
25 January 1885 | Auguste Lambermont | 1819-1905 |
20 May 1888 | Victor Jacobs | 1838-1891 |
20 May 1888 | 1811-1889 | |
9 June 1890 | Théophile de Lantsheere | 1833-1918 |
9 June 1890 | 1824-1892 | |
9 June 1890 | 1817-1900 | |
15 November 1891 | Louis de Jonghe d'Ardoye | 1820-1893 |
15 November 1891 | Jules Guillery | 1824-1902 |
15 November 1891 | Charles Woeste | 1837-1922 |
28 March 1894 | August Beernaert | 1829-1912 |
28 March 1894 | 1828-1911 | |
9 November 1897 | 1818-1910 | |
24 January 1899 | Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1843-1913 |
7 May 1900 | 1842-1919 | |
7 May 1900 | Charles Graux | 1837-1910 |
7 May 1900 | Jules Vandenpeereboom | 1843-1917 |
8 November 1904 | Masson | |
1 May 1907 | Paul de Favereau | 1856-1922 |
1 May 1907 | Jules Van den Heuvel | 1854-1926 |
6 May 1907 | Frans Schollaert | 1851-1917 |
6 May 1907 | 1835-1917 | |
6 May 1907 | Émile Dupont | 1834-1912 |
22 February 1912 | Julien Liebaert | 1848-1930 |
23 February 1912 | Gérard Cooreman | 1852-1926 |
23 February 1912 | Joris Helleputte | 1852-1925 |
23 February 1912 | 1840-1914 | |
23 February 1912 | 1844-1915 | |
14 August 1912 | 1852-1924 | |
14 August 1912 | Paul Janson | 1840-1913 |
2 August 1914 | Paul Hymans | 1865-1941 |
4 August 1914 | Emile Vandervelde | 1866-1938 |
26 July 1915 | Eugène Beyens | 1855-1934 |
31 May 1918 | Charles de Broqueville | 1860-1940 |
21 November 1918 | 1870-1946 | |
21 November 1918 | Henri Carton de Wiart | 1869-1951 |
21 November 1918 | Aloys Van de Vyvere | 1871-1961 |
21 November 1918 | Ernest Solvay | 1838-1922 |
21 November 1918 | Michel Levie | 1851-1939 |
21 November 1918 | Adolphe Max | 1869-1939 |
21 November 1918 | Emile Francqui | 1863-1935 |
21 November 1918 | 1858-1922 | |
21 November 1918 | 1868-1936 | |
21 November 1918 | 1865-1950 | |
21 November 1918 | 1856-1943 | |
2 June 1920 | Jules Renkin | 1862-1934 |
20 November 1920 | Léon Delacroix | 1867-1929 |
11 March 1924 | Henri Jaspar | 1870-1939 |
2 April 1925 | 1863-1945 | |
2 April 1925 | 1847-1935 | |
2 April 1925 | Charles Magnette | 1863-1937 |
13 May 1925 | Georges Theunis | 1873-1966 |
13 May 1925 | 1854-1942 | |
20 May 1926 | Prosper Poullet | 1868-1937 |
27 September 1926 | Louis Franck | 1868-1937 |
13 October 1926 | Jean Servais | 1856-1946 |
8 April 1930 | 1862-1935 | |
8 April 1930 | Edward Anseele | 1856-1938 |
8 April 1930 | Albert Devèze | 1881-1959 |
6 June 1931 | Paul-Emile Janson | 1872-1944 |
6 June 1931 | Frans Van Cauwelaert | 1880-1961 |
22 February 1932 | Maurice Houtart | 1866-1939 |
23 September 1932 | 1869-1952 | |
23 September 1932 | 1865-1940 | |
31 July 1934 | Maurice Lippens | 1875-1956 |
31 July 1934 | 1866-1959 | |
3 September 1945 | Louis de Brouckère | 1870-1951 |
3 September 1945 | Achille Delattre | 1879-1964 |
3 September 1945 | Octave Dierckx | 1882-1955 |
3 September 1945 | 1875-1949 | |
3 September 1945 | Robert Gillon | 1884-1972 |
3 September 1945 | Camille Gutt | 1884-1971 |
3 September 1945 | 1879-1958 | |
3 September 1945 | 1863-1947 | |
3 September 1945 | Camille Huysmans | 1871-1968 |
3 September 1945 | Victor Maistriau | 1870-1961 |
3 September 1945 | 1886-1959 | |
3 September 1945 | Hubert Pierlot | 1883-1963 |
3 September 1945 | Eugène Soudan | 1880-1960 |
3 September 1945 | 1878-1961 | |
13 February 1946 | 1870-1967 | |
21 July 1948 | Henri Rolin | 1891-1973 |
21 July 1948 | Paul Van Zeeland | 1893-1973 |
21 July 1948 | August De Schryver | 1898-1991 |
21 July 1948 | 1896-1959 | |
24 June 1949 | Albert-Edouard Janssen | 1883-1969 |
11 August 1949 | Paul-Henri Spaak | 1899-1972 |
24 December 1950 | 1894-1951 | |
23 December 1958 | Théo Lefèvre | 1914-1973 |
23 December 1958 | Roger Motz | 1904-1964 |
23 December 1958 | Paul Struye | 1896-1974 |
23 December 1958 | Achiel Van Acker | 1898-1975 |
5 April 1963 | Paul Kronacker | 1897-1994 |
5 April 1963 | Gaston Eyskens | 1905-1988 |
5 April 1963 | Leo Collard | 1902-1981 |
5 April 1963 | 1894-1965 | |
5 April 1963 | 1882-1966 | |
12 July 1966 | Joseph Pholien | 1884-1968 |
12 July 1966 | Jean Van Houtte | 1907-1991 |
12 July 1966 | René Lefebvre | 1893-1976 |
12 July 1966 | 1906-1967 | |
12 July 1966 | 1900-1983 | |
12 July 1966 | Piet Vermeylen | 1904-1991 |
12 July 1966 | 1900-1970 | |
12 July 1966 | Omer Vanaudenhove | 1913-1994 |
12 July 1966 | Maurice Destenay | 1900-1973 |
12 July 1966 | 1900-1967 | |
15 July 1969 | Paul Vanden Boeynants | 1919-2001 |
15 July 1969 | Albert Lilar | 1900-1976 |
15 July 1969 | 1905-1992 | |
15 July 1969 | 1902-1980 | |
15 July 1969 | 1907-1992 | |
22 February 1971 | Edmond Leburton | 1915-1997 |
23 February 1972 | Jean Rey | 1902-1983 |
20 February 1973 | Pierre Harmel | 1911-2009 |
30 March 1973 | 1902-1985 | |
30 March 1973 | 1902-1978 | |
30 March 1973 | Pierre Descamps | 1916-1992 |
30 March 1973 | 1903-1983 | |
18 October 1974 | Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot | 1923-1977 |
18 October 1974 | 1908-1988 | |
18 October 1974 | Frans Grootjans | 1922-1999 |
14 February 1977 | Raymond Scheyven | 1911-1987 |
14 February 1977 | 1900-1979 | |
14 February 1977 | 1907-1979 | |
14 February 1977 | Robert Henrion | 1915-1997 |
4 October 1978 | 1911-1998 | |
2 December 1983 | 1926-1998 | |
2 December 1983 | André Cools | 1927-1991 |
2 December 1983 | Herman Vanderpoorten | 1922-1984 |
2 December 1983 | Jean Defraigne | 1929-2016 |
2 December 1983 | 1922-2007 | |
2 December 1983 | 1916-1999 | |
2 December 1983 | 1920-1997 | |
2 December 1983 | 1917-2003 | |
2 December 1983 | Antoinette Spaak | 1928-2020 |
2 December 1983 | Guy Spitaels | 1931-2012 |
6 January 1985 | Willy Declercq | 1927-2011 |
6 June 1985 | 1929-1992 | |
7 March 1992 | Wilfried Martens | 1936-2013 |
26 May 1992 | Renaat Van Elslande | 1916-2000 |
26 May 1992 | Jean Gol | 1942-1995 |
26 May 1992 | 1915-2004 | |
26 May 1992 | Irène Pétry | 1922-2007 |
26 May 1992 | Karel Van Miert | 1942-2009 |
26 May 1992 | Gilbert Temmerman | 1928-2012 |
26 May 1992 | Leo Tindemans | 1922-2014 |
10 September 1993 | Andries Kinsbergen | 1926-2016 |
30 January 1995 | Philippe Moureaux | 1939-2018 |
30 January 1995 | Frank Swaelen | 1930-2007 |
30 January 1995 | Hugo Schiltz | 1927-2006 |
17 July 1998 | Gaston Geens | 1931-2002 |
17 July 1998 | Antoine Duquesne | 1941-2010 |
17 July 1998 | Philippe Maystadt | 1948-2017 |
17 July 1998 | Robert Urbain | 1930-2018 |
12 July 1999 | Jean-Luc Dehaene | 1940-2014 |
28 January 2002 | Daniel Ducarme | 1954-2010 |
28 January 2002 | Roger Lallemand | 1932-2016 |
28 January 2002 | Jacky Morael | 1959-2016 |
1 August 2003 | Luc Coene | 1947-2017 |
26 January 2004 | Steve Stevaert | 1954-2015 |
24 November 2009 | Jos Chabert | 1933-2014 |
24 November 2009 | Armand De Decker | 1948-2019 |
7 December 2009 | Karel Poma | 1920-2014 |
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