Louis Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 to 2019,he was a Member of the European Parliament. Michel is a prominent member of the French-speaking liberal party,the Mouvement Réformateur. He is the father of Charles Michel,the previous Prime Minister of Belgium and current President of the European Council.
Sophia Helena "Sophie" in 't Veld is a Dutch politician. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2004,and reelected in 2009,2014 and 2019. She was D66's top candidate for the three elections and has been its leader in the European Parliament since her first election.
Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker is a Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Belgium with the Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a),part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Belgium are regarded as some of the most progressive in Europe and the world. In 2023,ILGA-Europe ranked Belgium as second in the European Union for LGBT rights protection,behind Malta. In 2024,ILGA-Europe ranked Belgium the third highest after Malta and Iceland.
Titus Corlățean is a Romanian politician and diplomat,former Minister of Justice and of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD),part of the Party of European Socialists,and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Brașov County in the 2004 elections.
Kathleen Van Brempt,is a Belgian social-democratic politician and member of Vooruit. She currently serves as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) as part of the Party of European Socialists and is leader of the local branch of her party in Antwerp.
Marie Arena is a Belgian politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She is a member of the Socialist Party (PS),part of the Party of European Socialists (PES).
Ulrike Lunacek is an Austrian politician who served as State Secretary for Cultural Affairs in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in 2020. She is a member of the Austrian Green party The Greens –The Green Alternative,part of the European Green Party.
Esteban González Pons is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP) who was a member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2023. He was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies from Valencia in the 2023 Spanish general election.
Victoria Grace Ford is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since 2017. She served as Minister of State for Development from 6 September to 25 October 2022.
Petras Auštrevičius is a Lithuanian liberal politician,diplomat,civil society activist,former member of Seimas,and since 2014,a member of the European Parliament.
Tomas Gunnar Tobé is a Swedish politician and who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden. He was the party secretary of the Moderate Party from 10 January 2015 to 2 June 2017.
Hilde Vautmans is a Belgian politician of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since January 2015,representing the Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium.
Stéphane Séjourné is a French lawyer and politician of Renaissance who has been serving as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal since 2024.
Predrag Fred Matić is a Croatian centre-left politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a Member of European Parliament since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Veterans' Affairs from 2011 to 2016,in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović.
Sara Matthieu is a Belgian politician of Groen party who has been serving as a member of European Parliament for Belgium since 2020.
Rishi Sunak's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 25 October 2022 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government,succeeding Liz Truss. He is the first British Indian and the first Hindu to hold the office. As prime minister,Sunak is also serving as First Lord of the Treasury,Minister for the Civil Service,and Minister for the Union.
During the Ottoman occupation of Palestine,Belgium maintained honorary consulates in Jaffa,Jerusalem and Haifa.
