Council of Ministers (Belgium)

Council of Ministers of The Kingdom of the Belgium
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The Council of Ministers (Dutch: Ministerraad; French: Conseil des ministres; German: Ministerrat) is the supreme executive organ of the Federal Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. It is a cabinet composed of the Prime Minister, who leads it, and up to fourteen senior ministers.[1] Federal secretaries of state (junior ministers) are members of the government, but not part of the Council.[2] The King of the Belgians historically presided over the Council, but this has not happened since 1957.[3] The Council of Ministers formally became a permanent policy structure with the constitutional revision of 1970.[4]

List Council of Belgium

Main article: De Wever Government

The De Wever Government is the incumbent Federal Government of Belgium, led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever since 3 February 2025.

Portfolio Minister Took Office Left Office Party
Image Name
Prime Minister
Prime minister of Belgium[5] Bart De Wever 3 February 2025 Incumbent N-VA
Deputy Prime Ministers
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Pensions, National Lottery and Federal Culture Institutions Jan Jambon 3 February 2025 Incumbent N-VA

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Labour, Economy and Agriculture

David Clarinval 3 February 2025 Incumbent MR
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation Maxime Prévot 3 February 2025 Incumbent LE

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Health and Social Affairs

Frank Vandenbroucke 1 October 2020 Incumbent Vooruit
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Budget and Administrative Simplification Vincent Van Peteghem 3 February 2025 Incumbent CD&V
Ministers
Minister of Defence and Foreign Trade Theo Francken 3 February 2025 Incumbent N-VA
Minister of Asylum, Migration, Integration and Urban policy Anneleen Van Bossuyt 3 February 2025 Incumbent
Minister of the Interior and in charge of Beliris Bernard Quintin 3 February 2025 Incumbent MR
Minister of the Middle Class, Self-Employed and SMEs Eléonore Simonet 3 February 2025 Incumbent
Minister of Energy
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 Mathieu Bihet 3 February 2025 Incumbent
Minister of Mobility, Climate and Ecological Transition Jean-Luc Crucke 3 February 2025 Incumbent LE
Minister of Public Modernisation, Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Digitisation and Buildings Administration Vanessa Matz 3 February 2025 Incumbent
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Social Fraud, and Equal Opportunities Rob Beenders 3 February 2025 Incumbent Vooruit
Minister of Justice and the North Sea Annelies Verlinden 3 February 2025 Incumbent CD&V

References

  1. ^ Article 99 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Belgium
  2. ^ Article 104 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Belgium
  3. ^ "Ministerraad" (in Dutch). FOD Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ^ Guy Coppieters (2008). "Voorbereidend studiedossier van de archiefselectielijst" (PDF) (in Dutch). Archief van de FOD Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister. p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. ^ Chini, Maïthé (1 February 2025). "Belgium's next Prime Minister: Who is Bart De Wever?". Brussels Times. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
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