List of governments in Belgium

Last updated August 22, 2023

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 (from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs (replacing Sophie Wilmès))	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 (absent from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022, replaced by colleagues De Croo, Clarinval and Michel)	Sophie Wilmès	1 October 2020	14 July 2022	MR
Minister of the Small Businesses, Self-Employed, SMEs and Agriculture, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal (from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Minister of Foreign Trade and Deputy Prime Minister for the MR (replacing Sophie Wilmès))	David Clarinval	22 April 2022	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 (from 19 October 2022 until 16 December 2022 also acting Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy (replacing Meryame Kitir))	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	21 April 2022	MR
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions	Hadja Lahbib	15 July 2022	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 (absent from 19 October 2022 until 16 December 2022, replaced by colleague Vandenbroucke)	Meryame Kitir	1 October 2020	16 December 2022	Vooruit
Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy	Caroline Gennez	17 December 2022	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	Thomas Dermine [ fr ]	1 October 2020	Incumbent	PS
Secretary of State for Digitization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and Buildings Administration (from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Secretary of State for Federal Cultural Institutions (replacing Sophie Wilmès)) Deputy to the Prime Minister	Mathieu Michel (politician)	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	26 April 2023	Ecolo
Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity Deputy to the Minister of Mobility	Marie-Colline Leroy	2 May 2023	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	27 June 2022	CD&V
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	Nicole de Moor	28 June 2022	Incumbent	CD&V
Secretary of State for Budget and Consumer Protection Deputy to the Minister of Justice and the North Sea	Eva De Bleeker [ nl ]	1 October 2020	18 November 2022	Open Vld
Secretary of State for Budget and Consumer Protection Deputy to the Minister of Justice and the North Sea	Alexia Bertrand [ nl ]	18 November 2022	Incumbent	Open Vld

Changes in composition

On 21 April 2022, Sophie Wilmès took a temporary leave of absence for personal reasons. Officially she remains in office as both Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, however, in reality all her duties have been taken over by other members of the cabinet from 22 April 2022. Prime minister Alexander De Croo is the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of European Affairs, David Clarinval took over her duties as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade, and finally Mathieu Michel took over the portfolio of Federal Cultural Institutions.^[1] On July 14, 2022, Wilmès resigned definitively as a member of the De Croo government, with all her portfolios allocated to newcomer Hadja Lahbib, although David Clarinval kept the position of Deputy Prime Minister for the MR.^[2]
On 27 June 2022, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi was replaced by Nicole de Moor, as Mahdi had been elected the new party president of CD&V.^[3]
After a first revision of the budget after errors and a new proposal containing different errors, Secretary of State for Budget Eva De Bleeker offered her resignation on 18 November 2022 and was immediately replaced by Alexia Bertrand. Bertrand is a member of the French speaking liberals of MR, but was invited to become a party member as well for the Flemish speaking liberals of Open Vld, allowing her to take up the position.^[4]
Vooruit announced on 17 December 2022 that Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy Meryame Kitir, who had been on sick leave already for nearly two months at that point, would not be returning and is now officially replaced by Caroline Gennez.^[5]
On 23 April 2023, Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity Sarah Schlitz resigned following a week of criticism mainly centered around the use of a personal logo in governmental projects (thus promoting herself with tax money which is forbidden), lying about having requested the logo to be used and on top of that one of her staff members compared the New Flemish Alliance with Nazism.^[6] Schlitz' party Ecolo appointed Marie-Colline Leroy as her successor and she was sworn in on 2 May 2023.^[7]

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 (until May 17, 2022)	Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Employment, Social Economy, Innovation and Agriculture
CD&V	Hilde Crevits (from May 18, 2022)	Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Welfare, Health and Family
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 (until May 12, 2022)	Flemish Minister for Welfare, Health, Family and Poverty Reduction
CD&V	Jo Brouns (from May 18, 2022)	Flemish Minister for Economy, Employment, Social Economy, Innovation and Agriculture
N-VA	Matthias Diependaele	Flemish Minister for Finance, Budget, Housing and Immovable Heritage
Open Vld	Lydia Peeters	Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works
CD&V	Benjamin Dalle	Flemish Minister for Brussels, Media, Youth and Poverty Reduction (Poverty Reduction from May 18, 2022)

Changes

On 12 May 2022 Wouter Beke announced to be resigning from the Flemish Government after suffering months of criticism on his approach towards tackling the corona crisis, the waiting lists in healthcare and the abuses in childcare. Beke returned to take up the position of mayor of Leopoldsburg. ^[8]. A few days later, CD&V announced that his portfolios (Welfare, Health, Family and Poverty Reduction) would be taken over by Hilde Crevits, who would in turn leave her portfolios (Economy, Employment, Social Economy, Innovation and Agriculture) to newcomer Jo Brouns.^[9]

Government of the French Community

The Government of the French Community is the executive branch of the French Community.


Party	Name	Function
MR	Pierre-Yves Jeholet (from 7 July 2023)	Minister President and Minister of Intra-Belgian Relations, International and European Relations, Development Cooperation, Education for Social Promotion and Sports
MR	Pierre-Yves Jeholet (until 7 July 2023)	Minister President and Minister of Intra-Belgian Relations, International and European Relations and Development Cooperation
MR	Françoise Bertieaux (from 7 July 2023)	Minister of Higher Education, Universitary Hospitals, Youthcare, Justice, Youth and the Promotion of Brussels
MR	Valérie Glatigny (until 7 July 2023)	Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Youth and Sports
PS	Caroline Désir	Minister of Education
PS	Frédéric Daerden	Minister of Budget, Public Functions and Equal Rights
Ecolo	Bénédicte Linard	Minister of Culture, Media, Day-care and Women's Rights

On 7 July 2023, Valérie Glatigny resigned as Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Youth and Sports due to having to undergo a medical intervention. Glatigny was replaced by Françoise Bertieaux who took over the portfolios Higher Education, Universitary Hospitals, Youthcare, Justice, Youth and the Promotion of Brussels. The portfolios of Education for Social Promotion and Sports moved to Pierre-Yves Jeholet.^[10]

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	Antonios Antoniadis (politician)	Vice Minister-President; Minister of Health, Social Affairs, Spatial Development and Housing
PFF	Isabelle Weykmans	Minister of Sport, Employment and Media
ProDG	Harald Mollers	Minister of Education and Scientific Research

Walloon Government

The Walloon Government is the executive branch of Wallonia.

Walloon Government - Di Rupo III v t e
Function	Name	Party
Minister-president	Elio di Rupo		PS
Vice-President; Minister of Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Equality	Christie Morreale [ fr ]		PS
Vice-President; Minister of Economy, Foreign Trade, Spatial Planning and Agriculture	Willy Borsus		MR
Minister of Local Government and Housing	Pierre-Yves Dermagne (until 1st October 2020)		PS
Minister of Local Government and Housing	Christophe Collignon (from 1st October 2020)		PS
Minister of Budget, Sports Infrastructure and Airports	Jean-Luc Crucke [ fr ](until 13 January 2022)		MR
Minister of Budget, Sports Infrastructure and Airports	Adrien Dolimont [ fr ](from 13 January 2022)		MR
Minister of Civil Service Matters, Administrative Simplification, Child Benefits, Tourism, Heritage and Traffic Safety	Valérie De Bue [ fr ]		MR
Minister of Environment, Nature, Rural Renovation and Animal Welfare	Céline Tellier [ fr ]		Ecolo
Minister of Climate, Mobility, Infrastructure and Energy	Philippe Henry		Ecolo

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	Elke Van den Brandt	Minister of Mobility, Public Works and Road Safety
Ecolo	Alain Maron	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	Nawal Ben Hamou	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	Barbara Trachte	Secretary of State for Economic Transition and Research

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References

↑ vrtnws.be (21 April 2022). "Sophie Wilmès (MR) stopt voorlopig als minister door ziekte man, premier De Croo neemt Buitenlandse Zaken over" [Sophie Wilmès (MR) temporarily quits as Minister due to husband's illness, Prime Minister De Croo takes over Foreign Affairs].
↑ "Sophie Wilmès (MR) stopt definitief als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken door ziekte echtgenoot". VRT (in Dutch). 2022-07-14.
↑ vrtnws.be (27 June 2022). "CD&V verrast met nieuwe staatssecretaris voor Asiel en Migratie: wie is Nicole de Moor?" [CD&V surprises with choice for new Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration: who is Nicole de Moor?].
↑ vrtnws.be (18 November 2022). "Staatssecretaris Eva De Bleeker (Open VLD) neemt ontslag na nieuwe fouten in begroting, opvolger Alexia Bertrand stapt over van MR naar Open VLD" [Secretary of State Eva De Bleeker (Open VLD) resigns after new errors in budget, successor Alexia Bertrand comes over from MR to Open VLD].
↑ vrtnws.be (17 December 2022). "Caroline Gennez (Vooruit) vervangt Meryame Kitir als minister van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking" [Caroline Gennez (Vooruit) replaces Meryame Kitir as minister of Development Cooperation].
↑ vrtnws.be (26 April 2023). ""The situation is untenable": State Secretary Sarah Schlitz (Ecolo) resigns after fuss over use of personal logo" ["De situatie is onhoudbaar": Staatssecretaris Sarah Schlitz (Ecolo) neemt ontslag na heisa over gebruik persoonlijk logo] (in Dutch).
↑ vrtnws.be (2 May 2023). "Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo) legt eed af als staatssecretaris voor Gelijke Kansen" [Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo) sworn in as State Secretary of Equal Opportunities] (in Dutch).
↑ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/05/12/persconferentie-wouter-beke/
↑ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/05/16/cd-v-nieuwe-minister/
↑ "Françoise Bertieaux (MR) vervangt Valérie Glatigny als minister in Franse Gemeenschapsregering" [Françoise Bertieaux (MR) replaces Valérie Glatigny as minister in government of the French Community]. VRT News (in Flemish). 7 July 2023.

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[1] vrtnws.be (21 April 2022). "Sophie Wilmès (MR) stopt voorlopig als minister door ziekte man, premier De Croo neemt Buitenlandse Zaken over" [Sophie Wilmès (MR) temporarily quits as Minister due to husband's illness, Prime Minister De Croo takes over Foreign Affairs].

[2] "Sophie Wilmès (MR) stopt definitief als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken door ziekte echtgenoot". VRT (in Dutch). 2022-07-14.

[3] vrtnws.be (27 June 2022). "CD&V verrast met nieuwe staatssecretaris voor Asiel en Migratie: wie is Nicole de Moor?" [CD&V surprises with choice for new Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration: who is Nicole de Moor?].

[4] vrtnws.be (18 November 2022). "Staatssecretaris Eva De Bleeker (Open VLD) neemt ontslag na nieuwe fouten in begroting, opvolger Alexia Bertrand stapt over van MR naar Open VLD" [Secretary of State Eva De Bleeker (Open VLD) resigns after new errors in budget, successor Alexia Bertrand comes over from MR to Open VLD].

[5] vrtnws.be (17 December 2022). "Caroline Gennez (Vooruit) vervangt Meryame Kitir als minister van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking" [Caroline Gennez (Vooruit) replaces Meryame Kitir as minister of Development Cooperation].

[6] vrtnws.be (26 April 2023). ""The situation is untenable": State Secretary Sarah Schlitz (Ecolo) resigns after fuss over use of personal logo" ["De situatie is onhoudbaar": Staatssecretaris Sarah Schlitz (Ecolo) neemt ontslag na heisa over gebruik persoonlijk logo] (in Dutch).

[7] vrtnws.be (2 May 2023). "Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo) legt eed af als staatssecretaris voor Gelijke Kansen" [Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo) sworn in as State Secretary of Equal Opportunities] (in Dutch).

[8] ttps://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/05/12/persconferentie-wouter-beke/

[9] ttps://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/05/16/cd-v-nieuwe-minister/

[10] "Françoise Bertieaux (MR) vervangt Valérie Glatigny als minister in Franse Gemeenschapsregering" [Françoise Bertieaux (MR) replaces Valérie Glatigny as minister in government of the French Community]. VRT News (in Flemish). 7 July 2023.

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