The Council of Ministers (French: Conseil des ministres; Dutch: Ministerraad) 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]
Council of Ministers
French: Conseil des ministres Dutch: Ministerraad German: Ministerrat
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions (absent from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022, replaced by colleagues De Croo, Clarinval and Michel)
Minister of the Small Businesses, Self-Employed, SMEs and Agriculture, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal (from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Minister of Foreign Trade and Deputy Prime Minister for the MR (replacing Sophie Wilmès))
Secretary of State for Digitization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and Buildings Administration (from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Secretary of State for Federal Cultural Institutions (replacing Sophie Wilmès)) Deputy to the Prime Minister
Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, in charge of the National Lottery Deputy to the Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal
Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, in charge of the National Lottery Deputy to the Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal
On 21 April 2022, Sophie Wilmès took a temporary leave of absence for personal reasons. Officially she remains in office as both Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, however, in reality all her duties have been taken over by other members of the cabinet from 22 April 2022. Prime minister Alexander De Croo is the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of European Affairs, David Clarinval took over her duties as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade, and finally Mathieu Michel took over the portfolio of Federal Cultural Institutions.[6] On July 14, 2022, Wilmès resigned definitively as a member of the De Croo government, with all her portfolios allocated to newcomer Hadja Lahbib, although David Clarinval kept the position of Deputy Prime Minister for the MR.[7]
On 27 June 2022, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi was replaced by Nicole de Moor, as Mahdi had been elected the new party president of CD&V.[8]
After a first revision of the budget after errors and a new proposal containing different errors, Secretary of State for Budget Eva De Bleeker offered her resignation on 18 November 2022 and was immediately replaced by Alexia Bertrand. Bertrand is a member of the French speaking liberals of MR, but was invited to become a party member as well for the Flemish speaking liberals of Open Vld, allowing her to take up the position.[9]
On 23 April 2023, Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity Sarah Schlitz resigned following a week of criticism mainly centered around the use of a personal logo in governmental projects (thus promoting herself with tax money which is forbidden), lying about having requested the logo to be used and on top of that one of her staff members compared the New Flemish Alliance with Nazism.[11] Schlitz' party Ecolo appointed Marie-Colline Leroy as her successor and she was sworn in on 2 May 2023.[12]
^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. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
^"7 partijen hebben een inhoudelijk akkoord om samen te regeren: dit weten we daar al over". VRT (in Dutch). 2020-09-30. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^vrtnws.be (21 April 2022). "Sophie Wilmès (MR) stopt voorlopig als minister door ziekte man, premier De Croo neemt Buitenlandse Zaken over" [Sophie Wilmès (MR) temporarily quits as Minister due to husband's illness, Prime Minister De Croo takes over Foreign Affairs].
^"Sophie Wilmès (MR) stopt definitief als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken door ziekte echtgenoot". VRT (in Dutch). 2022-07-14.
^vrtnws.be (27 June 2022). "CD&V verrast met nieuwe staatssecretaris voor Asiel en Migratie: wie is Nicole de Moor?" [CD&V surprises with choice for new Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration: who is Nicole de Moor?].
^vrtnws.be (18 November 2022). "Staatssecretaris Eva De Bleeker (Open VLD) neemt ontslag na nieuwe fouten in begroting, opvolger Alexia Bertrand stapt over van MR naar Open VLD" [Secretary of State Eva De Bleeker (Open VLD) resigns after new errors in budget, successor Alexia Bertrand comes over from MR to Open VLD].
^vrtnws.be (17 December 2022). "Caroline Gennez (Vooruit) vervangt Meryame Kitir als minister van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking" [Caroline Gennez (Vooruit) replaces Meryame Kitir as minister of Development Cooperation].
^vrtnws.be (26 April 2023). ""The situation is untenable": State Secretary Sarah Schlitz (Ecolo) resigns after fuss over use of personal logo" ["De situatie is onhoudbaar": Staatssecretaris Sarah Schlitz (Ecolo) neemt ontslag na heisa over gebruik persoonlijk logo] (in Dutch).
^vrtnws.be (2 May 2023). "Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo) legt eed af als staatssecretaris voor Gelijke Kansen" [Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo) sworn in as State Secretary of Equal Opportunities] (in Dutch).
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The Council of Ministers French Conseil des ministres Dutch Ministerraad 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 Council of MinistersFrench Conseil des ministresDutch MinisterraadGerman MinisterratState Coat of Arms of BelgiumCabinet overviewFormed1918 105 years ago 1918 JurisdictionFederal Government of BelgiumCabinet executivePrime Minister of BelgiumWebsiteOfficial websiteList Council of Belgium EditMain article De Croo Government The De Croo Government is the incumbent Federal Government of Belgium to be led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo from 1 October 2020 5 Portfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyPrime MinisterPrime Minister from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs replacing Sophie Wilmes Alexander De Croo1 October 2020Incumbent Open VldDeputy Prime MinistersMinister of Economy and EmploymentPierre Yves Dermagne1 October 2020Incumbent PSMinister of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions absent from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 replaced by colleagues De Croo Clarinval and Michel Sophie Wilmes1 October 202014 July 2022 MRMinister of the Small Businesses Self Employed SMEs and Agriculture Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Minister of Foreign Trade and Deputy Prime Minister for the MR replacing Sophie Wilmes David Clarinval22 April 2022Incumbent MRMinister of MobilityGeorges Gilkinet1 October 2020Incumbent EcoloMinister of Finance in charge of the Coordination of the Fight against FraudVincent Van Peteghem1 October 2020Incumbent CD amp VMinister of Social Affairs and Public Health from 19 October 2022 until 16 December 2022 also acting Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy replacing Meryame Kitir Frank Vandenbroucke1 October 2020Incumbent VooruitMinister of Civil Service Public Enterprises Telecommunication and Postal ServicesPetra De Sutter1 October 2020Incumbent GroenMinister of Justice and the North SeaVincent Van Quickenborne1 October 2020Incumbent Open VldMinistersMinister of the Small Businesses Self Employed SMEs and Agriculture Institutional Reforms and Democratic RenewalDavid Clarinval1 October 202021 April 2022 MRMinister of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural InstitutionsHadja Lahbib15 July 2022Incumbent MRMinister of Pensions and Social Integration in charge of Persons with Disabilities Combating Poverty and BelirisKarine Lalieux1 October 2020Incumbent PSMinister of DefenceLudivine Dedonder1 October 2020Incumbent PSMinister of Climate Environment Sustainable Development and Green DealZakia Khattabi1 October 2020Incumbent EcoloMinister of the Interior Institutional Reforms and Democratic RenewalAnnelies Verlinden1 October 2020Incumbent CD amp VMinister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy absent from 19 October 2022 until 16 December 2022 replaced by colleague Vandenbroucke Meryame Kitir1 October 202016 December 2022 VooruitMinister of Development Cooperation and Urban PolicyCaroline Gennez17 December 2022Incumbent VooruitMinister of EnergyTinne Van der Straeten1 October 2020Incumbent GroenSecretaries of StateSecretary of State for Recovery and Strategic Investments in charge of Science PolicyDeputy to the Minister of the Economy and EmploymentThomas Dermine fr 1 October 2020Incumbent PSSecretary of State for Digitization in charge of Administrative Simplification Privacy and Buildings Administration from 22 April 2022 until 14 July 2022 also acting Secretary of State for Federal Cultural Institutions replacing Sophie Wilmes Deputy to the Prime MinisterMathieu Michel politician 1 October 2020Incumbent MRSecretary of State for Gender Equality Equal Opportunities and DiversityDeputy to the Minister of MobilitySarah Schlitz1 October 202026 April 2023 EcoloSecretary of State for Gender Equality Equal Opportunities and DiversityDeputy to the Minister of MobilityMarie Colline Leroy2 May 2023Incumbent EcoloSecretary of State for Asylum and Migration in charge of the National LotteryDeputy to the Minister of the Interior Institutional Reforms and Democratic RenewalSammy Mahdi1 October 202027 June 2022 CD amp VSecretary of State for Asylum and Migration in charge of the National LotteryDeputy to the Minister of the Interior Institutional Reforms and Democratic RenewalNicole de Moor28 June 2022Incumbent CD amp VSecretary of State for Budget and Consumer ProtectionDeputy to the Minister of Justice and the North SeaEva De Bleeker nl 1 October 202018 November 2022 Open VldSecretary of State for Budget and Consumer ProtectionDeputy to the Minister of Justice and the North SeaAlexia Bertrand nl 18 November 2022Incumbent Open VldChanges in composition Edit On 21 April 2022 Sophie Wilmes took a temporary leave of absence for personal reasons Officially she remains in office as both Minister and Deputy Prime Minister however in reality all her duties have been taken over by other members of the cabinet from 22 April 2022 Prime minister Alexander De Croo is the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of European Affairs David Clarinval took over her duties as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and finally Mathieu Michel took over the portfolio of Federal Cultural Institutions 6 On July 14 2022 Wilmes resigned definitively as a member of the De Croo government with all her portfolios allocated to newcomer Hadja Lahbib although David Clarinval kept the position of Deputy Prime Minister for the MR 7 On 27 June 2022 Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi was replaced by Nicole de Moor as Mahdi had been elected the new party president of CD amp V 8 After a first revision of the budget after errors and a new proposal containing different errors Secretary of State for Budget Eva De Bleeker offered her resignation on 18 November 2022 and was immediately replaced by Alexia Bertrand Bertrand is a member of the French speaking liberals of MR but was invited to become a party member as well for the Flemish speaking liberals of Open Vld allowing her to take up the position 9 Vooruit announced on 17 December 2022 that Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy Meryame Kitir who had been on sick leave already for nearly two months at that point would not be returning and is now officially replaced by Caroline Gennez 10 On 23 April 2023 Secretary of State for Gender Equality Equal Opportunities and Diversity Sarah Schlitz resigned following a week of criticism mainly centered around the use of a personal logo in governmental projects thus promoting herself with tax money which is forbidden lying about having requested the logo to be used and on top of that one of her staff members compared the New Flemish Alliance with Nazism 11 Schlitz party Ecolo appointed Marie Colline Leroy as her successor and she was sworn in on 2 May 2023 12 References Edit 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 Retrieved 23 December 2018 7 partijen hebben een inhoudelijk akkoord om samen te regeren dit weten we daar al over VRT in Dutch 2020 09 30 Retrieved 3 October 2020 vrtnws be 21 April 2022 Sophie Wilmes MR stopt voorlopig als minister door ziekte man premier De Croo neemt Buitenlandse Zaken over Sophie Wilmes MR temporarily quits as Minister due to husband s illness Prime Minister De Croo takes over Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmes MR stopt definitief als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken door ziekte echtgenoot VRT in Dutch 2022 07 14 vrtnws be 27 June 2022 CD amp V verrast met nieuwe staatssecretaris voor Asiel en Migratie wie is Nicole de Moor CD amp V surprises with choice for new Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration who is Nicole de Moor vrtnws be 18 November 2022 Staatssecretaris Eva De Bleeker Open VLD neemt ontslag na nieuwe fouten in begroting opvolger Alexia Bertrand stapt over van MR naar Open VLD Secretary of State Eva De Bleeker Open VLD resigns after new errors in budget successor Alexia Bertrand comes over from MR to Open VLD vrtnws be 17 December 2022 Caroline Gennez Vooruit vervangt Meryame Kitir als minister van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Caroline Gennez Vooruit replaces Meryame Kitir as minister of Development Cooperation vrtnws be 26 April 2023 The situation is untenable State Secretary Sarah Schlitz Ecolo resigns after fuss over use of personal logo De situatie is onhoudbaar Staatssecretaris Sarah Schlitz Ecolo neemt ontslag na heisa over gebruik persoonlijk logo in Dutch vrtnws be 2 May 2023 Marie Colline Leroy Ecolo legt eed af als staatssecretaris voor Gelijke Kansen Marie Colline Leroy Ecolo sworn in as State Secretary of Equal Opportunities in Dutch nbsp This article about government in Belgium is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Council of Ministers Belgium amp oldid 1171499502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
