List of Prime Ministers of Belgium

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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Belgium, known regionally as: Premier Ministre in French, Eerste Minister in Dutch, and Premierminister in German.

Although Leaders of Government (French: Chefs de Cabinet) had been appointed since the independence of the country, until 1918 the King often presided over the Council of Ministers, so the modern era of the "Premiership" started after WWI with Léon Delacroix.

	Prime Minister	Party	Term
0.	Étienne de Gerlache	Catholic	26 February 1831 - 4 March 1831
1.	Joseph Lebeau	Liberal	28 March 1831 - 21 July 1831
2.	Félix de Muelenaere	Catholic	24 July 1831 - 20 October 1832
3.	Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella	Liberal	20 October 1832 - 4 August 1834
4.	Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt	Catholic	4 August 1834 - 18 April 1840
	Joseph Lebeau (2nd time)	Liberal	18 April 1840 - 13 April 1841
5.	Jean-Baptiste Nothomb	Liberal	13 April 1841 - 30 July 1845
6.	Sylvain Van de Weyer	Liberal	30 July 1845 - 31 March 1846
	Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (2nd time)	Catholic	31 March 1846 - 12 August 1847
7.	Charles Rogier	Liberal	12 August 1847 - 31 October 1852
8.	Henri de Brouckère	Liberal	31 October 1852 - 30 March 1855
9.	Pierre de Decker	Catholic	30 March 1855 - 9 November 1857
	Charles Rogier (2nd time)	Liberal	9 November 1857 - 3 January 1868
10.	Walthère Frère-Orban	Liberal	3 January 1868 - 2 July 1870
11.	Jules d'Anethan	Catholic	2 July 1870 - 7 December 1871
12.	Jules Malou	Catholic	7 December 1871 - 19 June 1878
	Walthère Frère-Orban (2nd time)	Liberal	19 June 1878 - 16 June 1884
	Jules Malou (2nd time)	Catholic	16 June 1884 - 26 October - 1884
13.	Auguste Beernaert	Catholic	26 October - 1884 - 26 March 1894
14.	Jules de Burlet	Catholic	26 March 1894 - 25 February 1896
15.	Paul de Smet de Naeyer	Catholic	25 February 1896 - 24 January 1899
16.	Jules Vandenpeereboom	Catholic	24 January 1899 - 5 August 1899
	Paul de Smet de Naeyer (2nd time)	Catholic	5 August 1899 - 2 May 1907
17.	Jules de Trooz	Catholic	2 May 1907 - 9 January 1908
18.	François Schollaert	Catholic	9 January 1908 - 17 June 1911
19.	Charles de Broqueville	Catholic	17 June 1911 - 1 June 1918
20.	Gérard Cooreman	Catholic	1 June 1918 - 21 November 1918
21.	Léon Delacroix	Catholic	21 November 1918 - 20 November 1920
22.	Henri Carton de Wiart	Catholic	20 November 1920 - 16 December 1921
23.	Georges Theunis	Catholic	16 December 1921 - 13 May 1925
24.	Aloys Vande Vyvere	Catholic	13 May 1925 - 17 June 1925
25.	Prosper Poullet	Catholic	17 June 1925 - 20 May 1926
26.	Henri Jaspar	Catholic	20 May 1926 - 6 June 1931
27.	Jules Renkin	Catholic	6 June 1931 - 22 October 1932
	Charles de Broqueville (2nd time)	Catholic	22 October 1932 - 20 November 1934
	Georges Theunis (2nd time)	Catholic	20 November 1934 - 25 March 1935
28.	Paul Van Zeeland	Catholic	25 March 1935 - 24 November 1937
29.	Paul-Émile Janson	Liberal	24 November 1937 - 15 May 1938
30.	Paul-Henri Spaak	Socialist	15 May 1938 - 22 February 1939
31.	Hubert Pierlot	Catholic	22 February 1939 - 12 February 1945
32.	Achille van Acker	BSP-PSB	12 February 1945 - 13 March 1946
	Paul-Henri Spaak (2nd time)	BSP-PSB	13 March 1946 - 31 March 1946
	Achille van Acker (2nd time)	BSP-PSB	31 March 1946 - 3 August 1946
33.	Camille Huysmans	BSP-PSB	3 August 1946 - 20 March 1947
	Paul-Henri Spaak (3rd time)	BSP-PSB	20 March 1947 - 11 August 1949
34.	Gaston Eyskens	PSC-CVP	11 August 1949 - 8 June 1950
35.	Jean Duvieusart	PSC-CVP	8 June 1950 - 16 August 1950
36.	Joseph Pholien	PSC-CVP	16 August 1950 - 15 January 1952
37.	Jean Van Houtte	PSC-CVP	15 January 1952 - 23 April 1954
	Achille van Acker (3rd time)	BSP-PSB	23 April 1954 - 26 June 1958
	Gaston Eyskens (2nd time)	PSC-CVP	26 June 1958 - 25 April 1961
38.	Théo Lefèvre	PSC-CVP	25 April 1961 - 28 July 1965
39.	Pierre Harmel	PSC-CVP	28 July 1965 - 19 March 1966
40.	Paul Vanden Boeynants	PSC-CVP	19 March 1966 - 17 July 1968
	Gaston Eyskens (3rd time)	CVP	17 July 1968 - 26 January 1973
41.	Edmond Leburton	BSP-PSB	26 January 1973 - 25 April 1974
42.	Leo Tindemans	CVP	25 April 1974 - 20 October 1978
	Paul Vanden Boeynants (2nd time)	PSC	20 October 1978 - 3 March 1979
43.	Wilfried Martens	CVP	3 March 1979 - 31 March 1981
44.	Mark Eyskens	CVP	31 March 1981 - 17 December 1981
	Wilfried Martens (2nd time)	CVP	17 December 1981 - 7 March 1992
45.	Jean-Luc Dehaene	CVP	7 March 1992 - 12 July 1999
46.	Guy Verhofstadt	VLD	12 July 1999 - present

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from: 20/11/1920 till: 16/12/1921 color:catholic text:"Carton de Wiart" fontsize:10
from: 16/12/1921 till: 17/06/1925 color:catholic text:"Theunis" fontsize:10
from: 13/05/1925 till: 17/06/1925 color:catholic text:"Vande Vyvere" fontsize:10
from: 17/06/1925 till: 20/05/1926 color:catholic text:"Poullet" fontsize:10
from: 20/05/1926 till: 06/06/1931 color:catholic text:"Jaspar I-II" fontsize:10
from: 06/06/1931 till: 22/10/1932 color:catholic text:"Renkin" fontsize:10
from: 22/10/1932 till: 20/11/1934 color:catholic text:"de Broqueville" fontsize:10
from: 20/11/1934 till: 25/03/1935 color:catholic text:"Theunis II" fontsize:10
from: 25/03/1935 till: 24/11/1937 color:catholic text:"Van Zeeland I-II" fontsize:10
from: 24/11/1937 till: 15/05/1938 color:liberal text:"Janson" fontsize:10
from: 15/05/1938 till: 22/02/1939 color:socialist text:"Spaak I" fontsize:10
from: 22/02/1939 till: 12/02/1945 color:catholic text:"Pierlot I-VI" fontsize:10
from: 12/02/1945 till: 13/03/1946 color:socialist text:"Van Acker I-II" fontsize:10
from: 13/03/1946 till: 31/03/1946 color:socialist text:"Spaak II" fontsize:10
from: 31/03/1946 till: 03/08/1946 color:socialist text:"Van Acker III" fontsize:10
from: 03/08/1946 till: 20/03/1947 color:socialist text:"Huysmans I" fontsize:10
from: 20/03/1947 till: 11/08/1949 color:socialist text:"Spaak III-IV" fontsize:10
from: 11/08/1949 till: 08/07/1950 color:catholic text:"G. Eyskens I" fontsize:10
from: 08/07/1950 till: 16/08/1950 color:catholic text:"Duvieusart I" fontsize:10
from: 16/08/1950 till: 15/01/1952 color:catholic text:"Pholien I" fontsize:10
from: 15/01/1952 till: 23/04/1954 color:catholic text:"Van Houtte I" fontsize:10
from: 23/04/1954 till: 26/07/1958 color:socialist text:"Van Acker IV" fontsize:10
from: 26/07/1958 till: 25/04/1961 color:catholic text:"G. Eyskens II-IV" fontsize:10
from: 25/04/1961 till: 28/07/1965 color:catholic text:"Lefèvre I" fontsize:10
from: 28/07/1965 till: 19/03/1966 color:catholic text:"Harmel I" fontsize:10
from: 19/03/1966 till: 17/06/1968 color:catholic text:"Vanden Boeynants I" fontsize:10
from: 17/06/1968 till: 26/01/1973 color:catholic text:"G. Eyskens V-VI" fontsize:10
from: 26/01/1973 till: 25/04/1974 color:socialist text:"Leburton I-II" fontsize:10
from: 25/04/1974 till: 20/10/1978 color:catholic text:"Tindemans I-II" fontsize:10
from: 20/10/1978 till: 03/04/1979 color:catholic text:"Vanden Boeynants II" fontsize:10
from: 03/04/1979 till: 06/04/1981 color:catholic text:"Martens I-IV" fontsize:10
from: 06/04/1981 till: 17/12/1981 color:catholic text:"M. Eyskens" fontsize:10
from: 17/12/1981 till: 07/03/1992 color:catholic text:"Martens V-IX" fontsize:10
from: 07/03/1992 till: 12/07/1999 color:catholic text:"Dehaene I-II" fontsize:10
from: 12/07/1999 till: 22/06/2007 color:liberal text:"Verhofstadt I-III" fontsize:10

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[edit] See also

• History of Belgium
• List of Belgian monarchs
• Lists of incumbents
• Politics of Belgium

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