List of Belgian prime ministers by time in office

Last updated March 08, 2024

This is a list of prime ministers of Belgium by time in office.

Rank by time in office

Affiliation

  Christian Democrat
  Liberal
  Social Democrat

Rank	Prime Minister	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office (term)	Time in office (total)
1	Charles Rogier	12 August 1847	31 October 1852	5 years, 80 days	15 years, 135 days
1	Charles Rogier	9 November 1857	3 January 1868	10 years, 55 days	15 years, 135 days
2	Wilfried Martens	3 April 1979	31 March 1981	1 year, 362 days	12 years, 78 days
2	Wilfried Martens	17 December 1981	7 March 1992	10 years, 81 days	12 years, 78 days
3	Paul de Smet de Naeyer	25 February 1896	24 January 1899	2 years, 333 days	10 years, 238 days
3	Paul de Smet de Naeyer	5 August 1899	2 May 1907	7 years, 270 days	10 years, 238 days
4	Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt	4 August 1834	18 April 1840	5 years, 258 days	9 years, 283 days
		31 March 1846	12 August 1847	1 year, 134 days
		7 December 1871	21 August 1874	2 years, 257 days
5	Auguste Beernaert	26 October 1884	26 March 1894		9 years, 151 days
6	Charles de Broqueville	17 June 1911	1 June 1918	6 years, 349 days	9 years, 13 days
6	Charles de Broqueville	22 October 1932	20 November 1934	2 years, 29 days	9 years, 13 days
7	Guy Verhofstadt	12 July 1999	20 March 2008		8 years, 252 days
8	Walthère Frère-Orban	3 January 1868	2 July 1870	2 years, 180 days	8 years, 178 days
8	Walthère Frère-Orban	19 June 1878	16 June 1884	5 years, 363 days	8 years, 178 days
9	Gaston Eyskens	11 August 1949	8 June 1950	301 days	8 years, 67 days
		26 June 1958	25 April 1961	2 years, 303 days
		17 July 1968	26 January 1973	4 years, 193 days
10	Jean-Luc Dehaene	7 March 1992	12 July 1999		7 years, 127 days
11	Hubert Pierlot	22 February 1939	12 February 1945		5 years, 356 days
12	Achille Van Acker	12 February 1945	13 March 1946	1 year, 29 days	5 years, 218 days
		31 March 1946	3 August 1946	125 days
		23 April 1954	26 June 1958	4 years, 64 days
13	Henri Jaspar	20 May 1926	6 June 1931		5 years, 17 days
14	Charles Michel	11 October 2014	27 October 2019		5 years, 16 days
15	Leo Tindemans	25 April 1974	20 October 1978		4 years, 178 days
16	Jean-Baptiste Nothomb	13 April 1841	30 July 1845		4 years, 108 days
17	Théo Lefèvre	25 April 1961	28 July 1965		4 years, 94 days
18	Jules Malou	21 August 1874	19 June 1878	3 years, 302 days	4 years, 69 days
18	Jules Malou	16 June 1884	26 October 1884	132 days	4 years, 69 days
19	Georges Theunis	16 December 1921	13 May 1925	3 years, 148 days	3 years, 273 days
19	Georges Theunis	20 November 1934	25 March 1935	125 days	3 years, 273 days
20	Alexander De Croo	1 October 2020	–		3 years, 159 days^[1]
21	Frans Schollaert	9 January 1908	17 June 1911		3 years, 159 days
22	Paul-Henri Spaak	15 May 1938	22 February 1939	283 days	3 years, 80 days
		13 March 1946	31 March 1946	18 days
		20 March 1947	11 August 1949	2 years, 144 days
23	Elio Di Rupo	6 December 2011	11 October 2014		2 years, 309 days
24	Yves Leterme	20 March 2008	30 December 2008	285 days	2 years, 296 days
24	Yves Leterme	25 November 2009	6 December 2011	2 years, 11 days	2 years, 296 days
25	Paul Vanden Boeynants	19 March 1966	17 July 1968	2 years, 120 days	2 years, 285 days
25	Paul Vanden Boeynants	20 October 1978	3 April 1979	165 days	2 years, 285 days
26	Paul van Zeeland	25 March 1935	24 November 1937		2 years, 244 days
27	Pierre de Decker	30 March 1855	9 November 1857		2 years, 224 days
28	Henri de Brouckère	31 October 1852	30 March 1855		2 years, 150 days
29	Jean Van Houtte	15 January 1952	23 April 1954		2 years, 98 days
30	Léon Delacroix	21 November 1918	20 November 1920		1 year, 365 days
31	Jules de Burlet	26 March 1894	25 February 1896		1 year, 336 days
32	Albert Goblet d'Alviella	20 October 1832	4 August 1834		1 year, 288 days
33	Jules d'Anethan	2 July 1870	7 December 1871		1 year, 158 days
34	Joseph Pholien	16 August 1950	15 January 1952		1 year, 152 days
35	Jules Renkin	6 June 1931	22 October 1932		1 year, 138 days
36	Joseph Lebeau	28 March 1831	21 July 1831	115 days	1 year, 110 days
36	Joseph Lebeau	18 April 1840	13 April 1841	360 days	1 year, 110 days
37	Edmond Leburton	26 January 1973	25 April 1974		1 year, 89 days
38	Félix de Muelenaere	24 July 1831	20 October 1832		1 year, 88 days
39	Henri Carton de Wiart	20 November 1920	16 December 1921		1 year, 26 days
40	Sophie Wilmès	27 October 2019	1 October 2020		340 days
41	Prosper Poullet	17 June 1925	20 May 1926		337 days
42	Herman Van Rompuy	30 December 2008	25 November 2009		330 days
43	Mark Eyskens	31 March 1981	17 December 1981		261 days
44	Sylvain Van de Weyer	30 July 1845	31 March 1846		244 days
45	Jules de Trooz	2 May 1907	31 December 1907		243 days
46	Pierre Harmel	28 July 1965	19 March 1966		234 days
47	Camille Huysmans	3 August 1946	20 March 1947		229 days
48	Jules Vandenpeereboom	24 January 1899	5 August 1899		193 days
49	Gérard Cooreman	1 June 1918	21 November 1918		173 days
50	Paul-Émile Janson	24 November 1937	15 May 1938		172 days
51	Jean Duvieusart	8 June 1950	16 August 1950		69 days
52	Aloys Van de Vyvere	13 May 1925	17 June 1925		35 days
53	Étienne de Gerlache	27 February 1831	10 March 1831		11 days

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