List of ministers
1831–1899
- 1831 Alexandre Gendebien (liberal)
- 1831 Antoine Barthélémy (liberal)
- 1831–1832 Jean Raikem (Catholic)
- 1832–1834 Joseph Lebeau (liberal)
- 1834–1839 Antoine Ernst (liberal)
- 1839 Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (liberal)
- 1839–1840 Jean Raikem (Catholic)
- 1840–1841 Mathieu Leclercq (liberal)
- 1841–1842 Guillaume Van Volxem (liberal)
- 1842–1843 Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (liberal)
- 1843–1847 Jules Joseph d'Anethan (Catholic)
- 1847–1850 François-Philippe de Haussy (liberal)
- 1850–1852 Victor Tesch (liberal)
- 1852–1855 Charles Faider (liberal)
- 1855–1857 Alphonse Nothomb (Katholiek
- 1857–1865 Victor Tesch (liberal)
- 1865–1870 Jules Bara (liberal)
- 1870–1871 Prosper Cornesse (Katholieke Partij)
- 1871–1878 Théophile de Lantsheere (Katholieke Partij)
- 1878–1884 Jules Bara (liberal)
- 1884 Charles Woeste (Katholieke Partij)
- 1884–1887 Joseph Devolder (Katholieke Partij)
- 1887–1894 Jules Le Jeune (Katholieke Partij)
- 1894–1899 Victor Begerem (Katholieke Partij)
1900–1999
- 1899–1907 Jules Van den Heuvel (Katholieke Partij)
- 1907–1908 Jules Renkin (Katholieke Partij)
- 1908–1911 Léon de Lantsheere (Katholieke Partij)
- 1911–1918 Henri Carton de Wiart (Katholieke Partij)
- 1918–1921 Emile Vandervelde (BWP)
- 1921 Aloys Van de Vyvere (Katholieke Partij)
- 1921–1925 Fulgence Masson (liberal)
- 1925 Léon Théodor (Katholieke Partij)
- 1925 Paul Tschoffen (Katholieke Partij)
- 1925–1926 Prosper Poullet (Katholieke Partij)
- 1926–1927 Paul Hymans (liberal)
- 1927–1931 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
- 1931–1932 Fernand Cocq (liberal)
- 1932–1934 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
- 1934–1935 François Bovesse (liberal)
- 1935–1936 Eugène Soudan (POB)
- 1936–1937 François Bovesse (liberal)
- 1937 Hubert Pierlot (Katholieke Partij)
- 1937 Victor de Laveleye (liberal)
- 1937 Victor Maistriau (liberal)
- 1937–1938 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (Katholieke Partij)
- 1938–1939 Joseph Pholien (Katholieke Partij)
- 1939 Émile, Baron van Dievoet (Katholieke Partij)
- 1939 August de Schryver (Katholieke Partij)
- 1939 Eugène Soudan POB)
- 1939 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
- 1939–1940 Eugène Soudan POB)
- 1940 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
- 1940–1942 Albert de Vleeschauwer (Katholieke Partij)
- 1942–1944 Antoine Delfosse (Katholieke Partij)
- 1944–1945 Maurice Verbaet (Katholieke Partij)
- 1945 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (Katholieke Partij)
- 1945–1946 Marcel Grégoire (UDB)
- 1946 Henri Rolin (PSB)
- 1946 Adolphe Van Glabbeke (liberal)
- 1946–1947 Albert Lilar (liberal)
- 1947–1948 Paul Struye (PSC)
- 1948–1949 Henri Moreau de Melen (PSC)
- 1949–1950 Albert Lilar (liberal)
- 1950 Henri Carton de Wiart (PSC)
- 1950–1952 Ludovic Moyersoen (CVP)
- 1952 Joseph Pholien (PSC)
- 1952 Léonce Lagae (CVP)
- 1952–1954 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (PSC)
- 1954–1958 Albert Lilar (liberal)
- 1958 Pierre Harmel (PSC)
- 1958–1960 Laurent Merchiers (liberal)
- 1960–1961 Albert Lilar (liberal)
- 1961–1965 Piet Vermeylen (BSP)
- 1965–1968 Pierre Wigny (PSC)
- 1968–1973 Alfons Vranckx (BSP)
- 1973–1977 Herman Vanderpoorten (PVV)
- 1977–1980 Renaat Van Elslande (CVP)
- 1980 Herman Vanderpoorten (PVV)
- 1980–1981 Philippe Moureaux (PSB)
- 1981–1988 Jean Gol (PRL)
- 1985–1988 Georges Mundeleer (PRL) (state secretary)
- 1988–1995 Melchior Wathelet (PSC)
- 1995–1998 Stefaan De Clerck (CVP)
- 1998–1999 Tony Van Parys (CVP)
2000–
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Political party | Government | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Marc Verwilghen (born 1952) | 12 July 1999 | 11 July 2003 | 4 years, 0 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Verhofstadt I | Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD) | |||
 | Laurette Onkelinx (born 1958) | 11 July 2003 | 21 December 2007 | 4 years, 164 days | Socialist Party | Verhofstadt II | |||
| Verhofstadt III | |||||||||
 | Jo Vandeurzen (born 1958) | 21 December 2007 | 22 December 2008 | 1 year, 2 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Leterme I | Yves Leterme (CD&V) | ||
 | Stefaan De Clerck (born 1951) | 30 December 2008 | 6 December 2011 | 2 years, 350 days | Van Rompuy | Herman Van Rompuy (CD&V) | |||
| Leterme II | Yves Leterme (CD&V) | ||||||||
 | Annemie Turtelboom (born 1967) | 6 December 2011 | 25 July 2014 | 2 years, 232 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Di Rupo | Elio Di Rupo (PS) | ||
 | Maggie De Block (born 1962) | 25 July 2014 | 11 October 2014 | 79 days | |||||
 | Koen Geens (born 1958) | 11 October 2014 | 1 October 2020 | 5 years, 357 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Michel I | Charles Michel (MR) | ||
| Michel II | |||||||||
| Wilmès I | Sophie Wilmès (MR) | ||||||||
| Wilmès II | |||||||||
 | Vincent Van Quickenborne (born 1973) | 1 October 2020 | 20 October 2023 | 3 years, 20 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Vivaldi | Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) | ||
 | Paul Van Tigchelt (born 1973) | 22 October 2023 | 3 February 2025 | 1 year, 105 days | |||||
 | Annelies Verlinden (born 1978) | 3 February 2025 | present | 8 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | De Wever | Bart De Wever (N-VA) | ||