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.

N°	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political Party		Election	Cabinet	Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
N°	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party		Election	Cabinet	Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
1		Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785–1871)	27 February 1831	10 March 1831	11 days		Independent (Confessional)	1830	De Gerlache	None (Érasme-Louis as regent of Belgium)
2		Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865)	10 March 1831	24 July 1831	136 days		Independent (Liberal)	—	Lebeau I	None (Érasme-Louis as regent of Belgium)
2		Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865)	10 March 1831	24 July 1831	136 days		Independent (Liberal)	—	Lebeau I	Leopold I (1831–1865)
3		Félix de Muelenaere (1793–1862)	24 July 1831	20 October 1832	1 year, 88 days		Independent (Confessional)	1831	De Mûelenaere
4		Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790–1873)	20 October 1832	4 August 1834	1 year, 288 days		Independent (Liberal)	1833	Goblet d'Alviella— Rogier
5		Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	4 August 1834	18 April 1840	5 years, 258 days		Independent (Confessional)	1835 1837 1839	De Theux de Meylandt I
6		Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865)	18 April 1840	13 April 1841	360 days		Independent (Liberal)	—	Lebeau II
7		Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805–1881)	13 April 1841	30 July 1845	4 years, 108 days		Independent (Liberal)	1841 1843	Nothomb
8		Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802–1874)	30 July 1845	31 March 1846	244 days		Independent (Liberal)	1845	Van de Weyer
9		Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	31 March 1846	12 August 1847	1 year, 134 days		Independent (Confessional)	—	De Theux de Meylandt II
10		Charles Rogier (1800–1885)	12 August 1847	31 October 1852	5 years, 80 days		Liberal Party	1847 1848 1850	Rogier I Liberal
11		Henri de Brouckère (1801–1891)	31 October 1852	30 March 1855	2 years, 150 days		Liberal Party	1852 1854	De Brouckère Liberal
12		Pierre de Decker (1812–1891)	30 March 1855	9 November 1857	2 years, 224 days		Independent (Confessional)	1855 1856	De Decker Catholic–Liberal
13		Charles Rogier (1800–1885)	9 November 1857	3 January 1868	10 years, 55 days		Liberal Party	1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1867	Rogier II Liberal
13		Charles Rogier (1800–1885)	9 November 1857	3 January 1868	10 years, 55 days		Liberal Party	1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1867	Rogier II Liberal	Leopold II (1865–1909)
14		Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1896)	3 January 1868	2 July 1870	2 years, 180 days		Liberal Party	1868	Frère-Orban I Liberal
15		Jules d'Anethan (1803–1888)	2 July 1870	7 December 1871	1 year, 158 days		Catholic Party	Jun.1870 Aug.1870	D'Anethan Catholic
16		Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	7 December 1871	21 August 1874 #	2 years, 257 days		Catholic Party	1872 1874	Malou I Catholic
17		Jules Malou (1810–1886)	21 August 1874	19 June 1878	3 years, 302 days		Catholic Party	1876	Malou I Catholic
18		Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1891)	19 June 1878	16 June 1884	5 years, 363 days		Liberal Party	1878 1880 1882	Frère-Orban II Liberal
19		Jules Malou (1810–1886)	16 June 1884	26 October 1884	132 days		Catholic Party	1884	Malou II Catholic
20		Auguste Beernaert (1829–1912)	26 October 1884	26 March 1894	9 years, 151 days		Catholic Party	1886 1888 1890 1892	Beernaert Catholic
21		Jules de Burlet (1844–1897)	26 March 1894	25 February 1896	1 year, 336 days		Catholic Party	1894	De Burlet Catholic
22		Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913)	25 February 1896	24 January 1899	2 years, 333 days		Catholic Party	1896 1898	De Smet de Naeyer I Catholic
23		Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843–1917)	24 January 1899	5 August 1899	193 days		Catholic Party	—	Vandenpeereboom Catholic
24		Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913)	5 August 1899	2 May 1907	7 years, 270 days		Catholic Party	1900 1902 1904 1906	De Smet de Naeyer II Catholic
25		Jules de Trooz (1857–1907)	2 May 1907	31 December 1907 #	243 days		Catholic Party	—	De Trooz Catholic
26		Frans Schollaert (1851–1917)	9 January 1908	17 June 1911	3 years, 159 days		Catholic Party	1908 1910	Schollaert Catholic
26		Frans Schollaert (1851–1917)	9 January 1908	17 June 1911	3 years, 159 days		Catholic Party	1908 1910	Schollaert Catholic	Albert I (1909–1934)
27		Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940)	17 June 1911	18 January 1916	6 years, 349 days		Catholic Party	1912 1914	De Broqueville I (in exile, 1914–1918) Catholic (until 1916) Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB (from 1916)
27		Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940)	18 January 1916	1 June 1918	6 years, 349 days		Catholic Party	—
28		Gérard Cooreman (1852–1926)	1 June 1918	21 November 1918	173 days		Catholic Party	—	Cooreman Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB

N°	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political Party		Election	Cabinet	Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
N°	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party		Election	Cabinet	Monarch of Belgium (Reign)
29		Léon Delacroix (1867–1929)	21 November 1918	2 December 1919	1 year, 365 days		Catholic Party	—	Delacroix I Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB	Albert I (1909–1934)
29		Léon Delacroix (1867–1929)	2 December 1919	20 November 1920	1 year, 365 days		Catholic Party	1919	Delacroix II Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB
30		Henry Carton de Wiart (1869–1951)	20 November 1920	16 December 1921	1 year, 26 days		Catholic Party	—	Carton de Wiart Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB
31		Georges Theunis (1873–1966)	16 December 1921	13 May 1925	3 years, 148 days		Catholic Party	1921	Theunis I Catholic–Liberal
32		Aloys Van de Vyvere (1871–1961)	13 May 1925	17 June 1925	35 days		Catholic Party	1925	Van de Vyvere Catholic
33		Prosper Poullet (1868–1937)	17 June 1925	20 May 1926	337 days		Catholic Party	—	Poullet— Vandervelde Catholic–BWP/POB
34		Henri Jaspar (1870–1939)	20 May 1926	22 November 1927	5 years, 17 days		Catholic Party	—	Jaspar I Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB
34		Henri Jaspar (1870–1939)	22 November 1927	6 June 1931	5 years, 17 days		Catholic Party	1929	Jaspar II Catholic–Liberal
35		Jules Renkin (1862–1934)	6 June 1931	22 October 1932	1 year, 138 days		Catholic Party	—	Renkin Catholic–Liberal
36		Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940)	22 October 1932	20 November 1934	2 years, 29 days		Catholic Party	1932	De Broqueville II Catholic–Liberal
36		Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940)	22 October 1932	20 November 1934	2 years, 29 days		Catholic Party	1932	De Broqueville II Catholic–Liberal	Leopold III (1934–1951)
37		Georges Theunis (1873–1966)	20 November 1934	25 March 1935	125 days		Catholic Party	—	Theunis II Catholic–Liberal
38		Paul van Zeeland (1893–1973)	25 March 1935	13 June 1936	2 years, 244 days		Catholic Party	—	Van Zeeland I Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB
38		Paul van Zeeland (1893–1973)	13 June 1936	24 November 1937	2 years, 244 days		Catholic Party	1936	Van Zeeland II Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB
39		Paul-Émile Janson (1873–1944)	24 November 1937	15 May 1938	172 days		Liberal Party	—	Janson Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB
40		Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	15 May 1938	22 February 1939	283 days		Belgian Labour Party	—	Spaak I Catholic–Liberal–BWP/POB
41		Hubert Pierlot (1883–1963)	22 February 1939	16 April 1939	5 years, 356 days		Catholic Party	1939	Pierlot I Catholic–Liberal–BSP/PSB
			16 April 1939	3 September 1939				—	Pierlot II Catholic–Liberal–BSP/PSB
			3 September 1939	28 May 1940				—	Pierlot III Catholic–Liberal–BSP/PSB
			28 May 1940	27 September 1944				—	Pierlot IV (in exile) Catholic–Liberal–BSP/PSB
			27 September 1944	12 December 1944				—	Pierlot V Catholic–Liberal–BSP/PSB–KPB-PCB
			12 December 1944	12 February 1945				—	Pierlot VI Catholic–Liberal–BSP/PSB
42		Achille Van Acker (1898–1975)	12 February 1945	2 August 1945	1 year, 29 days		Belgian Socialist Party	—	Van Acker I BSP/PSB–Catholic–Liberal
42		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–Liberal–KPB-PCB
43		Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	13 March 1946	31 March 1946	18 days		Belgian Socialist Party	1946	Spaak II BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP
44		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
45		Camille Huysmans (1871–1968)	3 August 1946	20 March 1947	229 days		Belgian Socialist Party	—	Huysmans BSP/PSB–LP/PL–KPB-PCB
46		Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	20 March 1947	27 November 1948	2 years, 144 days		Belgian Socialist Party	—	Spaak III BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP
46		Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	27 November 1948	11 August 1949	2 years, 144 days		Belgian Socialist Party	—	Spaak IV BSP/PSB–PSC/CVP
47		Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	11 August 1949	8 June 1950	301 days		Christian Social Party	1949	G.Eyskens I PSC/CVP–LP/PL
48		Jean Duvieusart (1900–1977)	8 June 1950	16 August 1950	69 days		Christian Social Party	1950	Duvieusart PSC/CVP
49		Joseph Pholien (1884–1968)	16 August 1950	15 January 1952	1 year, 152 days		Christian Social Party	—	Pholien PSC/CVP
49		Joseph Pholien (1884–1968)	16 August 1950	15 January 1952	1 year, 152 days		Christian Social Party	—	Pholien PSC/CVP	Baudouin (1951–1993)
50		Jean Van Houtte (1907–1991)	15 January 1952	23 April 1954	2 years, 98 days		Christian Social Party	—	Van Houtte PSC/CVP
51		Achille Van Acker (1898–1975)	23 April 1954	26 June 1958	4 years, 64 days		Belgian Socialist Party	1954	Van Acker IV BSP/PSB–LP/PL
52		Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	26 June 1958	6 November 1958	2 years, 303 days		Christian Social Party	1958	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
53		Théo Lefèvre (1914–1973)	25 April 1961	28 July 1965	4 years, 94 days		Christian Social Party	1961	Lefèvre PSC/CVP–BSP/PSB
54		Pierre Harmel (1911–2009)	28 July 1965	19 March 1966	234 days		Christian Social Party	1965	Harmel PSC/CVP–BSP/PSB
55		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
56		Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	17 July 1968	20 January 1972	4 years, 193 days		Christian People's Party	1968	G.Eyskens V CVP/PSC–BSP/PSB
56		Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988)	20 January 1972	26 January 1973	4 years, 193 days		Christian People's Party	1971	G.Eyskens VI CVP/PSC–BSP/PSB
57		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
57		Edmond Leburton (1915–1997)	23 October 1973	25 April 1974	1 year, 89 days		Belgian Socialist Party	—	Leburton II BSP/PSB–CVP/PSC
58		Leo Tindemans (1922–2014)	25 April 1974	3 June 1977	4 years, 178 days		Christian People's Party	1974	Tindemans I CVP/PSC–PVV/PLP
58		Leo Tindemans (1922–2014)	3 June 1977	20 October 1978	4 years, 178 days		Christian People's Party	1977	Tindemans II CVP/PSC–VU/FDF
59		Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919–2001)	20 October 1978	3 April 1979	165 days		Christian Social Party	—	Vanden Boeynants II CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF
60		Wilfried Martens (1936–2013)	3 April 1979	23 January 1980	1 year, 362 days		Christian People's Party	1978	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
61		Mark Eyskens (born 1933)	31 March 1981	17 December 1981	261 days		Christian People's Party	—	M.Eyskens CVP/PSC–SP/PS
62		Wilfried Martens (1936–2013)	17 December 1981	28 November 1985	10 years, 81 days		Christian People's Party	1981	Martens V CVP/PSC-PVV/PRL
			28 November 1985	21 October 1987				1985	Martens VI CVP/PSC-PVV/PRL
			21 October 1987	9 May 1988				1987	Martens VII CVP/PSC-PVV/PRL
			9 May 1988	29 September 1991				—	Martens VIII CVP/PSC–SP/PS–VU/FDF
			29 September 1991	7 March 1992				1991	Martens IX CVP/PSC–SP/PS
63		Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014)	7 March 1992	21 May 1995	7 years, 127 days		Christian People's Party	—	Dehaene I CVP/PSC–SP/PS
			7 March 1992	21 May 1995				—	Dehaene I CVP/PSC–SP/PS	Albert II (1993–2013)
			21 May 1995	12 July 1999				1995	Dehaene II CVP/PSC–SP/PS
64		Guy Verhofstadt (born 1953)	12 July 1999	12 July 2003	8 years, 252 days		Flemish Liberals and Democrats	1999	Verhofstadt I VLD/PRL–SP.A/PS–Agalev/Ecolo
			12 July 2003	21 December 2007			Flemish Liberals and Democrats	2003	Verhofstadt II VLD/MR–SP.A/PS
			21 December 2007	20 March 2008			Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	2007	Verhofstadt III Open VLD/MR–CD&V/CDH–PS
65		Yves Leterme (born 1960)	20 March 2008	30 December 2008	285 days		Christian Democratic and Flemish	—	Leterme I CD&V/CDH–PS–Open Vld/MR
66		Herman Van Rompuy (born 1947)	30 December 2008	25 November 2009	330 days		Christian Democratic and Flemish	—	Van Rompuy CD&V/CDH–Open Vld/MR–PS
67		Yves Leterme (born 1960)	25 November 2009	6 December 2011	2 years, 11 days		Christian Democratic and Flemish	—	Leterme II CD&V/CDH–Open Vld/MR–PS
68		Elio Di Rupo (born 1951)	6 December 2011	11 October 2014	2 years, 309 days		Socialist Party	2010	Di Rupo SP.A/PS–CD&V/CDH–Open Vld/MR
68		Elio Di Rupo (born 1951)	6 December 2011	11 October 2014	2 years, 309 days		Socialist Party	2010	Di Rupo SP.A/PS–CD&V/CDH–Open Vld/MR	Philippe (2013–present)
69		Charles Michel (born 1975)	11 October 2014	21 December 2018	5 years, 16 days		Reformist Movement	2014	Michel I Open Vld/MR–N-VA–CD&V
69		Charles Michel (born 1975)	21 December 2018	27 October 2019	5 years, 16 days		Reformist Movement	—	Michel II Open Vld/MR–CD&V
70		Sophie Wilmès (born 1975)	27 October 2019	17 March 2020	340 days		Reformist Movement	—	Wilmès I Open Vld/MR–CD&V
70		Sophie Wilmès (born 1975)	17 March 2020	1 October 2020	340 days		Reformist Movement	2019	Wilmès II Open Vld/MR–CD&V
71		Alexander De Croo (born 1975)	1 October 2020	3 February 2025	4 years, 125 days		Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	—	De Croo Open Vld/MR–SP.A/PS–Groen/Ecolo–CD&V
72		Bart De Wever (born 1970)	3 February 2025	incumbent	1 year, 244 days^[1]		New Flemish Alliance	2024	De Wever N-VA–MR–Vooruit–CD&V–LE

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