Famous Belgians - Prime Ministers and other Politicians

Since Belgium became independent in 1831, it has had no less than 51 different Prime Ministers ! Here is a complete record of all of them, right back from 1831 until the present day.

Albert Joseph, Count Goblet d'Alviella, Etienne Noel Joseph, Count de Sauvage (1831)
Felix Amand de Muelenare (1831-1832)
Albert Joseph, Count Goblet d'Alviella, Joseph Lebeau, Charles Latour Rogier (1832-1834)
Bartholemy Theodore de Theux (1834-1840)
Joseph Lebeau (1840-1841)
Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1841-1845)
Jean-Sylvain van de Weyer (1845-1846)
Bartholemy Theodore de Theux, Jules Malou (1846-1847)
Charles Latour Rogier (1847-1852)
Henri de Brouckere (1852-1855)
Pierre de Decker (1855-1857)
Charles Latour Rogier, H J Walthere Frere-Orban (1857-1868)
H J Walthere Frere-Orban (1868-1870)
Jules Joseph d'Anethan (1870-1871)
Bartholemy Theodore de Theux (1871-1874)
Jules Malou (1874-1878)
H J Walthere Frere-Orban, Pierre Edouard van Humbeeck (1878-1884)
Jules Malou, Victor Jacobs, Charles Woeste (1884)
Auguste Beernaert (1884-1894). Also winner of the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize
Jules de Burlet (1894-1896)
Paul de Smet de Nayer (1896-1899)
Jules Vandenpeerebom (1899)
Paul de Smet de Nayer (1899-1907)
Jules de Trooz (1907-1908)
Frans Schollaert (1908-1911)
Charles de Broqueville (1911-1918)
Gerhard Cooreman (1918)
Leon Delacroix (1918-1920)
Henri Carton de Wiart (1920-1921)
George Theunis (1921-1925)
Alois van de Vyvere (1925)
Prosper Poullet (1925-1926)
Henri Jaspar (1926-1931)
Jules Renkin (1931-1932)
Charles de Broqueville (1932-1934)
George Theunis (1934-1935)
Paul Van Zeeland (1935-1937)
Paul Emile Janson (1937-1938)
Paul Henri Spaak (1938-1939). Also founder of the Benelux
Hubert Pierlot (1939-1945)
Achille van Acker (1945-1946)
Paul Henri Spaak (1946)
Achille van Acker (1946)
Camille Huysmans (1946-1947)
Paul Henri Spaak (1947-1949)
Gaston Eyskens (1949-1950)
Jean Pierre Duvieusart (1950)
Joseph Pholien (1950-1952)
Jean van Houtte (1952-1954)
Achille van Acker (1954-1958)
Gaston Eyskens (1958-1961)
Theodore Lefevre (1961-1965)
Pierre Harmel (1965-1966)
Paul Vanden Boeynants (1966-1968)
Gaston Eyskens (1968-1972)
Edmond Leburton (1973-1974)
Leo Tindemans (1974-1978)
Paul Vanden Boeynants (1978)
Wilfried Martens (1979-1981)
Marc Eyskens (1981)
Wilfried Martens (1981-1992)
Jean-Luc Dehaene, (1992-1999)
Guy Verhofstadt, current Prime Minister of Belgium

Lamoral Egmont, general and statesman
Jacob van Artevelde, statesman and political leader
Willy Claes, ex-NATO Secretary-General
Karel van Miert, ex-European Commissioner for Competition (EEC)

This list is by no means complete and I am finding more Famous Belgians every week. If you know of any that are not on the list, please send me a brief e-mail message. Thank you.

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