Council of Ministers (Belgium)
State Coat of Arms of Belgium | |
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| Formed | 1918 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal Government of Belgium |
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| Website | Official website |
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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
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 | 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
- ^ Article 99 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Belgium
- ^ Article 104 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Belgium
- ^ "Ministerraad" (in Dutch). FOD Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chini, Maïthé (1 February 2025). "Belgium's next Prime Minister: Who is Bart De Wever?". Brussels Times. Retrieved 1 February 2025.