List of prime ministers of Belgium

The prime minister of Belgium (Dutch: Eerste minister van België; French: Premier ministre de Belgique; German: Premierminister von Belgien) or the premier of Belgium is the head of the federal government in the Kingdom of Belgium.

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 World War I with Léon Delacroix. The political importance of the king of the Belgians has decreased over time, whereas the position of prime minister has gradually become more important.

Chiefs of Government (1831–1918)

Political parties

  Independent
  Catholic Party
  Liberal Party

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Election	Term of office			Political Party	Cabinet		Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Name	Composition	Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
	Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785–1871)	1830	27 February 1831	10 March 1831	11 days	Independent (Confessional)	De Gerlache	–	Vacant
	Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865)	—	10 March 1831	24 July 1831	136 days	Independent (Liberal)	Lebeau I	–	Vacant
	Félix de Muelenaere (1793–1862)	1831	24 July 1831	20 October 1832	1 year, 88 days	Independent (Confessional)	De Mûelenaere	–	Leopold I (1831–1865)
	Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790–1873)	1833	20 October 1832	4 August 1834	1 year, 288 days	Independent (Liberal)	Goblet d'Alviella— Rogier	–
	Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	1835 1837 1839	4 August 1834	18 April 1840	5 years, 258 days	Independent (Confessional)	De Theux de Meylandt I	–
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	Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865)	—	18 April 1840	13 April 1841	360 days	Independent (Liberal)	Lebeau II	–
	Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805–1881)	1841 1843	13 April 1841	30 July 1845	4 years, 108 days	Independent (Liberal)	Nothomb	–
	Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802–1874)	1845	30 July 1845	31 March 1846	244 days	Independent (Liberal)	Van de Weyer	–
	Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	—	31 March 1846	12 August 1847	1 year, 134 days	Independent (Confessional)	De Theux de Meylandt II	–
	Charles Rogier (1800–1885)	1847 1848 1850	12 August 1847	31 October 1852	5 years, 80 days	Liberal Party	Rogier I	Lib.
	Henri de Brouckère (1801–1891)	1852 1854	31 October 1852	30 March 1855	2 years, 150 days	Liberal Party	De Brouckère	Lib.
	Pierre de Decker (1812–1891)	1855 1856	30 March 1855	9 November 1857	2 years, 224 days	Independent (Confessional)	De Decker	Cath.–Lib.
	Charles Rogier (1800–1885)	1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1867	9 November 1857	3 January 1868	10 years, 55 days	Liberal Party	Rogier II	Lib.
	Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1896)	1868	3 January 1868	2 July 1870	2 years, 180 days	Liberal Party	Frère-Orban I	Lib.	Leopold II (1865–1909)
	Jules d'Anethan (1803–1888)	Jun.1870 Aug.1870	2 July 1870	7 December 1871	1 year, 158 days	Catholic Party	D'Anethan	Cath.
	Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	1872 1874	7 December 1871	21 August 1874 (died in office)	2 years, 257 days	Catholic Party	Malou I	Cath.
	Jules Malou (1810–1886)	1876	21 August 1874	19 June 1878	3 years, 302 days	Catholic Party	Malou I	Cath.
	Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1891)	1878 1880 1882	19 June 1878	16 June 1884	5 years, 363 days	Liberal Party	Frère-Orban II	Lib.
	Jules Malou (1810–1886)	1884	16 June 1884	26 October 1884	132 days	Catholic Party	Malou II	Cath.
	Auguste Beernaert (1829–1912)	1886 1888 1890 1892	26 October 1884	26 March 1894	9 years, 151 days	Catholic Party	Beernaert	Cath.
	Jules de Burlet (1844–1897)	1894	26 March 1894	25 February 1896	1 year, 336 days	Catholic Party	De Burlet	Cath.
	Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913)	1896 1898	25 February 1896	24 January 1899	2 years, 333 days	Catholic Party	De Smet de Naeyer I	Cath.
	Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843–1917)	—	24 January 1899	5 August 1899	193 days	Catholic Party	Vandenpeereboom	Cath.
	Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913)	1900 1902 1904 1906	5 August 1899	2 May 1907	7 years, 270 days	Catholic Party	De Smet de Naeyer II	Cath.
	Jules de Trooz (1857–1907)	—	2 May 1907	31 December 1907 (died in office)	243 days	Catholic Party	De Trooz	Cath.
	Frans Schollaert (1851–1917)	1908 1910	9 January 1908	17 June 1911	3 years, 159 days	Catholic Party	Schollaert	Cath.
	Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940)	1912 1914	17 June 1911	18 January 1916	6 years, 349 days	Catholic Party	De Broqueville I (in exile, 1914–1918)	Cath.	Albert I (1909–1934)
	Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940)	—	18 January 1916	1 June 1918	6 years, 349 days	Catholic Party	De Broqueville I (in exile, 1914–1918)	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Gérard Cooreman (1852–1926)	—	1 June 1918	21 November 1918	173 days	Catholic Party	Cooreman	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB

Timeline from 1831 till 1919

Prime Ministers (1918–present)

Political parties Christian Democrat

  Catholic Party
  Christian Social Party
  Christian Democratic and Flemish

Liberal

  Liberal Party
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats
  Reformist Movement

Socialist

Socialist Party

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Election	Term of office			Political Party	Cabinet		Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party	Name	Composition	Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
	Léon Delacroix (1867–1929)	—	21 November 1918	2 December 1919	1 year, 365 days	Catholic Party	Delacroix I	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB	Albert I (1909–1934)
	Léon Delacroix (1867–1929)	1919	2 December 1919	20 November 1920	1 year, 365 days	Catholic Party	Delacroix II	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Henry Carton de Wiart (1869–1951)	—	20 November 1920	16 December 1921	1 year, 26 days	Catholic Party	Carton de Wiart	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Georges Theunis (1873–1966)	1921	16 December 1921	13 May 1925	3 years, 148 days	Catholic Party	Theunis I	Cath.–Lib.
	Aloys Van de Vyvere (1871–1961)	1925	13 May 1925	17 June 1925	35 days	Catholic Party	Van de Vyvere	Cath.
	Prosper Poullet (1868–1937)	—	17 June 1925	20 May 1926	337 days	Catholic Party	Poullet— Vandervelde	Cath.–BWP/POB
	Henri Jaspar (1870–1939)	—	20 May 1926	22 November 1927	5 years, 17 days	Catholic Party	Jaspar I	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Henri Jaspar (1870–1939)	1929	22 November 1927	6 June 1931	5 years, 17 days	Catholic Party	Jaspar II	Cath.–Lib.
	Jules Renkin (1862–1934)	—	6 June 1931	22 October 1932	1 year, 138 days	Catholic Party	Renkin	Cath.–Lib.
	Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940)	1932	22 October 1932	20 November 1934	2 years, 29 days	Catholic Party	De Broqueville II	Cath.–Lib.
	Georges Theunis (1873–1966)	—	20 November 1934	25 March 1935	125 days	Catholic Party	Theunis II	Cath.–Lib.	Leopold III (1934–1951)
	Paul van Zeeland (1893–1973)	—	25 March 1935	13 June 1936	2 years, 244 days	Catholic Party	Van Zeeland I	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Paul van Zeeland (1893–1973)	1936	13 June 1936	24 November 1937	2 years, 244 days	Catholic Party	Van Zeeland II	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Paul-Émile Janson (1873–1944)	—	24 November 1937	15 May 1938	172 days	Liberal Party	Janson	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	—	15 May 1938	22 February 1939	283 days	Belgian Labour Party	Spaak I	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB
	Hubert Pierlot (1883–1963)	1939	22 February 1939	16 April 1939	5 years, 356 days	Catholic Party	Pierlot I	Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB
		—	16 April 1939	3 September 1939			Pierlot II	Cath.–Lib.
		—	3 September 1939	28 May 1940			Pierlot III	Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB
		—	28 May 1940	27 September 1944			Pierlot IV (in exile)	Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB
		—	27 September 1944	12 December 1944			Pierlot V	Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB–KPB-PCB
		—	12 December 1944	12 February 1945			Pierlot VI	Cath.–Lib.–BSP/PSB
	Achille Van Acker (1898–1975)	—	12 February 1945	2 August 1945	1 year, 29 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Van Acker I	BSP/PSB–Cath.–Lib.
	Achille Van Acker (1898–1975)	—	2 August 1945	13 March 1946	1 year, 29 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Van Acker II	BSP/PSB–BDU/UDB–Lib.–KPB-PCB
	Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	1946	13 March 1946	31 March 1946	18 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Spaak II	BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP
	Achille Van Acker (1898–1975)	—	31 March 1946	3 August 1946	125 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Van Acker III	BSP/PSB–LP/PL–KPB-PCB
	Camille Huysmans (1871–1968)	—	3 August 1946	20 March 1947	229 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Huysmans	BSP/PSB–LP/PL–KPB-PCB
	Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	—	20 March 1947	27 November 1948	2 years, 144 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Spaak III	BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP
	Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	—	27 November 1948	11 August 1949	2 years, 144 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Spaak IV	BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP
	Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	1949	11 August 1949	8 June 1950	301 days	Christian Social Party	G.Eyskens I	PSC/CVP–LP/PL
	Jean Duvieusart (1900–1977)	1950	8 June 1950	16 August 1950	69 days	Christian Social Party	Duvieusart	PSC/CVP
	Joseph Pholien (1884–1968)	—	16 August 1950	15 January 1952	1 year, 152 days	Christian Social Party	Pholien	PSC/CVP
	Jean Van Houtte (1907–1991)	—	15 January 1952	23 April 1954	2 years, 98 days	Christian Social Party	Van Houtte	PSC/CVP	Baudouin (1951–1993)
	Achille Van Acker (1898–1975)	1954	23 April 1954	26 June 1958	4 years, 64 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Van Acker IV	BSP/PSB–LP/PL
	Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	1958	26 June 1958	6 November 1958	2 years, 303 days	Christian Social Party	G.Eyskens II	PSC/CVP
		—	6 November 1958	3 September 1960			G.Eyskens III	PSC/CVP–LP/PL
		—	3 September 1960	25 April 1961			G.Eyskens IV	PSC/CVP–LP/PL
	Théo Lefèvre (1914–1973)	1961	25 April 1961	28 July 1965	4 years, 94 days	Christian Social Party	Lefèvre	PSC/CVP–BSP/PSB
	Pierre Harmel (1911–2009)	1965	28 July 1965	19 March 1966	234 days	Christian Social Party	Harmel	PSC/CVP–BSP/PSB
	Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001)	—	19 March 1966	17 July 1968	2 years, 120 days	Christian Social Party	Vanden Boeynants I	PSC/CVP–PVV/PLP
	Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	1968	17 July 1968	20 January 1972	4 years, 193 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	G.Eyskens V	CVP/PSC–BSP/PSB
	Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	1971	20 January 1972	26 January 1973	4 years, 193 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	G.Eyskens VI	CVP/PSC–BSP/PSB
	Edmond Leburton (1915–1997)	—	26 January 1973	23 October 1973	1 year, 89 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Leburton I	BSP/PSB–CVP/PSC–PVV/PLP
	Edmond Leburton (1915–1997)	—	23 October 1973	25 April 1974	1 year, 89 days	Belgian Socialist Party	Leburton II	BSP/PSB–CVP/PSC
	Leo Tindemans (1922–2014)	1974	25 April 1974	3 June 1977	4 years, 178 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	Tindemans I	CVP/PSC–PVV/PLP
	Leo Tindemans (1922–2014)	1977	3 June 1977	20 October 1978	4 years, 178 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	Tindemans II	CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF
	Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001)	—	20 October 1978	3 April 1979	165 days	Christian Social Party (PSC)	Vanden Boeynants II	CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF
	Wilfried Martens (1936–2013)	1978	3 April 1979	23 January 1980	1 year, 362 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	Martens I	CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF
		—	23 January 1980	18 May 1980			Martens II	CVP/PSC–SP/PS
		—	18 May 1980	22 October 1980			Martens III	CVP/PSC–SP/PS–PVV/PRL
		—	22 October 1980	31 March 1981			Martens IV	CVP/PSC–SP/PS
	Mark Eyskens (born 1933)	—	31 March 1981	17 December 1981	261 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	M.Eyskens	CVP/PSC–SP/PS
	Wilfried Martens (1936–2013)	1981	17 December 1981	28 November 1985	10 years, 81 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	Martens V	CVP/PSC-PVV/PRL
		1985	28 November 1985	21 October 1987			Martens VI	CVP/PSC-PVV/PRL
		1987	21 October 1987	9 May 1988			Martens VII	CVP/PSC–PVV/PRL
		—	9 May 1988	29 September 1991			Martens VIII	CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF
		1991	29 September 1991	7 March 1992			Martens IX	CVP/PSC–SP/PS
	Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014)	—	7 March 1992	21 May 1995	7 years, 127 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	Dehaene I	CVP/PSC–SP/PS	Albert II (1993–2013)
	Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014)	1995	21 May 1995	12 July 1999	7 years, 127 days	Christian People's Party (CVP)	Dehaene II	CVP/PSC–SP/PS
	Guy Verhofstadt (born 1953)	1999	12 July 1999	12 July 2003	8 years, 252 days	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD)	Verhofstadt I	VLD/PRL–SP.A/PS–Agalev/Ecolo
		2003	12 July 2003	21 December 2007			Verhofstadt II	VLD/MR–SP.A/PS
		2007	21 December 2007	20 March 2008			Verhofstadt III	VLD/MR–CD&V/CDH–PS
	Yves Leterme (born 1960)	—	20 March 2008	30 December 2008	285 days	Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)	Leterme I	CD&V/CDH–PS–VLD/MR
	Herman Van Rompuy (born 1947)	—	30 December 2008	25 November 2009	330 days	Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)	Van Rompuy	CD&V/CDH–VLD/MR–PS
	Yves Leterme (born 1960)	—	25 November 2009	6 December 2011	2 years, 11 days	Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)	Leterme II	CD&V/CDH–VLD/MR–PS
	Elio Di Rupo (born 1951)	2010	6 December 2011	11 October 2014	2 years, 309 days	Socialist Party (PS)	Di Rupo	SP.A/PS–CD&V/CDH–VLD/MR
	Charles Michel (born 1975)	2014	11 October 2014	21 December 2018	5 years, 16 days	Reformist Movement (MR)	Michel I	VLD/MR–N-VA–CD&V	Philippe (2013–present)
	Charles Michel (born 1975)	—	21 December 2018	27 October 2019	5 years, 16 days	Reformist Movement (MR)	Michel II	VLD/MR–CD&V
	Sophie Wilmès (born 1975)	—	27 October 2019	17 March 2020	227 days	Reformist Movement (MR)	Wilmès I	VLD/MR–CD&V
	Sophie Wilmès (born 1975)	2019	17 March 2020	Incumbent	227 days	Reformist Movement (MR)	Wilmès II	VLD/MR–CD&V

Timeline since 1918

Living former Prime Ministers

Name	Term	Date of birth	Age
Mark Eyskens	1981	29 April 1933	87 years, 42 days
Guy Verhofstadt	1999–2008	11 April 1953	67 years, 60 days
Yves Leterme	2008 & 2009–2011	6 October 1960	59 years, 248 days
Herman Van Rompuy	2008–2009	31 October 1947	72 years, 223 days
Elio Di Rupo	2011–2014	18 July 1951	68 years, 328 days
Charles Michel	2014–2019	21 December 1975	44 years, 172 days

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