Wilmès II Government

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The Wilmès II Government was the Belgian federal administration led by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès that expanded from a caretaker role into a fully empowered government during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wilmès II Government canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Belgian federal government
coalitionPartner CD&V
Mouvement Réformateur
Open VLD
surface form: Open Vld
confidenceVoteDate 2020-03-16
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Belgium
surface form: Belgian Constitution
country Belgium
dissolutionReason replacement by broader coalition De Croo Government
endTime 2020-10-01
externalParliamentarySupportFrom DéFI
Ecolo
Groen
cdH
sp.a
followedBy De Croo Government
formationProcess conversion of caretaker Wilmès I cabinet into fully empowered government
formedBy Philippe of Belgium
surface form: King Philippe of Belgium
governmentLevel federal
governmentType federal cabinet
hasCabinetNumber Federal Government of Belgium
surface form: 97th federal government of Belgium
hasJurisdiction Federal Government of Belgium
headOfGovernment Sophie Wilmès
historicalSignificance first Belgian federal government led by a female prime minister during a major health crisis
languageCommunityContext bilingual French–Dutch federal government
legislativeTermStartContext COVID-19 crisis confidence vote
legislature 55th legislature of the Belgian Federal Parliament
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
numberOfAbstentionsInChamber 12
numberOfMinisters 12
numberOfOpposingVotesInChamber 44
numberOfSecretariesOfState 5
numberOfSupportVotesInChamber 84
officeHolderTitle Prime Minister of Belgium
policyFocus economic support measures during COVID-19 pandemic
public health emergency response
politicalStatus emergency government
minority government
precededBy Wilmès I caretaker government
surface form: Wilmès I Government
reasonForFormation need for full powers to manage COVID-19 crisis
receivedConfidenceFrom Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
significantEvent COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
startTime 2020-03-17
stateHead Philippe of Belgium
surface form: King Philippe of Belgium
stateHeadTitle King of the Belgians

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Wilmès I caretaker government followedBy Wilmès II Government
De Croo Government precededBy Wilmès II Government