Prime Minister of Belgium

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The Prime Minister of Belgium is the head of the federal government, responsible for leading the Council of Ministers and coordinating national policy in the Belgian parliamentary system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government role
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Belgium
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium
appointedBy King of the Belgians
chairs Federal Government of Belgium
surface form: Council of Ministers of Belgium
coordinates federal government policy
work of federal ministers
country Belgium
firstHolder Charles Rogier
flag Flag of Belgium
governmentBranch Federal Government of Belgium
surface form: federal government of Belgium
headOfGovernmentFor Belgium
inception 1831
isHeadOf Federal Council of Ministers
jurisdiction federal level
languageRequirement bilingual French–Dutch practice
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brussels-Capital Region
memberOf Federal Government of Belgium
surface form: Council of Ministers of Belgium
nativeLabel Prime Minister of Belgium self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eerste minister van België

Prime Minister of Belgium self-linksurface differs
surface form: Premier ministre de Belgique

Prime Minister of Belgium self-linksurface differs
surface form: Premierminister von Belgien
nominatedBy federal coalition parties
officeCreatedUnder Constitution of Belgium
surface form: Belgian Constitution
officeHolder Alexander De Croo
officeHoldersInclude Charles Michel
Elio Di Rupo
Guy Verhofstadt
Sophie Wilmès
officeHolderStartTime 2020-10-01
officeType prime ministership
partOf Federal Government of Belgium
surface form: Belgian federal executive
politicalSystemContext Belgian monarchy
surface form: Belgian parliamentary monarchy
precededBy Head of Cabinet of Belgium
reportsTo Federal Parliament of Belgium
surface form: Chamber of Representatives of Belgium

Federal Parliament of Belgium
residence Lambermont
residenceLocatedIn Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
responsibleFor coordinating relations between federal and federated entities
overall government policy
representing Belgium in the European Council
representing the federal government domestically
roleIn Federal Government of Belgium
surface form: Government of Belgium
seat Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
style His Excellency
symbol Coat of arms of Belgium
termDependentOn confidence of the Chamber of Representatives
termLength no fixed term
usuallyFrom largest party in governing coalition

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Secretaries of State appointedOnProposalOf Prime Minister of Belgium
subject surface form: Secretaries of State of Belgium
Federal Government of Belgium executivePowerExercisedBy Prime Minister of Belgium
Council of Ministers hasPart Prime Minister of Belgium
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (Belgium)
Gouvernement fédéral headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Belgium
this entity surface form: Premier ministre de Belgique
Belgian federal elections headOfGovernmentSelected Prime Minister of Belgium
Council of Ministers headedBy Prime Minister of Belgium
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (Belgium)
Prime Minister of Belgium nativeLabel Prime Minister of Belgium self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Premier ministre de Belgique
Prime Minister of Belgium nativeLabel Prime Minister of Belgium self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eerste minister van België
Prime Minister of Belgium nativeLabel Prime Minister of Belgium self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Premierminister von Belgien
De Croo positionHeld Prime Minister of Belgium
subject surface form: Alexander De Croo
Annik Penders positionHeld Prime Minister of Belgium
subject surface form: Alexander De Croo
Herman positionHeld Prime Minister of Belgium
subject surface form: Alexander De Croo