Minister of State (Belgium)
The title of Minister of State ( Dutch Minister van Staat , French Ministre d'État ) in Belgium is a purely honorary title without any financial remuneration, which is awarded for life to politicians who have rendered special services to the state. The appointment is made by royal decree on the proposal of the federal government . The ministers of state belong to the so-called Privy Council , an advisory body to the king, which has not been convened since 1960.
List of Belgian ministers of state
appointment | Surname | Life dates |
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November 12, 1831 | Félix de Mérode | 1791-1857 |
November 12, 1831 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt | 1794-1874 |
November 12, 1831 | Felix de Muelenaere | 1793-1862 |
September 17, 1832 | Albert Goblet d'Alviella | 1790-1873 |
August 8, 1834 | Auguste Duvivier | 1772-1846 |
August 19, 1836 | Louis Evain | 1775-1852 |
June 19, 1845 | Jean-Baptiste Nothomb | 1805-1881 |
July 30, 1845 | Edouard d'Huart | 1800-1884 |
August 12, 1845 | Edouard Mercier | 1799-1870 |
August 12, 1847 | Charles Liedts | 1802-1878 |
August 12, 1847 | Henri de Brouckere | 1801-1891 |
June 6, 1856 | Jules Joseph d'Anethan | 1803-1888 |
June 6, 1856 | Adolphe Dechamps | 1807-1875 |
June 6, 1856 | Charles Le Hon | 1792-1868 |
November 12, 1857 | Joseph Lebeau | 1794-1865 |
November 12, 1857 | Noël Delfosse | 1801-1858 |
June 3, 1861 | Walthère Frère-Orban | 1812-1896 |
November 4, 1861 | Adolphe de Vriere | 1806-1885 |
May 13, 1863 | Eugène de Ligne | 1804-1880 |
May 13, 1863 | Sylvain Van de Weyer | 1802-1874 |
June 6, 1863 | Constant d'Hoffschmidt | 1804-1873 |
January 4, 1868 | Charles Rogier | 1800-1885 |
January 4, 1868 | Alphonse Vandenpeereboom | 1812-1884 |
July 24, 1870 | Jules Malou | 1810-1886 |
July 7, 1872 | Barthélemy Dumortier | 1797-1878 |
May 1, 1875 | Charles Vilain XIIII | 1803-1878 |
May 1, 1875 | Hubert Dolez | 1808-1880 |
January 7, 1879 | François d'Elhoungne | 1815-1892 |
January 7, 1879 | Auguste Ort | 1814-1880 |
June 18, 1884 | Eudore Pirmez | 1830-1890 |
January 25, 1885 | Auguste Lambermont | 1819-1905 |
May 20, 1888 | Victor Jacobs | 1838-1891 |
May 20, 1888 | Charles Delcour | 1811-1889 |
June 9, 1890 | Théophile de Lantsheere | 1833-1918 |
June 9, 1890 | Charles de Mérode-Westerloo | 1824-1892 |
June 9, 1890 | Henri t'Kint de Roodenbeke | 1817-1900 |
November 15, 1891 | Count de Jonghe d'Ardoye | |
November 15, 1891 | Jules Guillery | 1824-1902 |
November 15, 1891 | Charles Woeste | 1837-1922 |
March 28, 1894 | August Beernaert | 1829-1912 |
March 28, 1894 | Jules Le Jeune | 1828-1911 |
November 9, 1897 | Pierre Tack | 1818-1910 |
January 24, 1899 | Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1843-1913 |
May 7, 1900 | Joseph Devolder | 1842-1919 |
May 7, 1900 | Charles Graux | 1837-1910 |
May 7, 1900 | Jules Vandenpeereboom | 1843-1917 |
November 8, 1904 | Fulgence Masson | 1854-1942 |
May 1, 1907 | Paul de Favereau | 1856-1922 |
May 1, 1907 | Jules Van den Heuvel | 1854-1926 |
May 6, 1907 | Frans Schollaert | 1851-1917 |
May 6, 1907 | Jules Greindl | 1835-1917 |
May 6, 1907 | Émile Dupont | 1834-1912 |
February 22, 1912 | Julien Liebaert | 1848-1930 |
February 23, 1912 | Gerard Cooreman | 1852-1926 |
February 23, 1912 | Joris Helleputte | 1852-1925 |
February 23, 1912 | Xavier Neujean | 1840-1914 |
February 23, 1912 | Louis Huysmans | 1844-1915 |
August 14, 1912 | Louis De Sadeleer | 1852-1924 |
August 14, 1912 | Paul Janson | 1840-1913 |
August 2, 1914 | Paul Hymans | 1865-1941 |
4th August 1914 | Emile Vandervelde | 1866-1938 |
July 26, 1915 | Eugène Beyens | 1855-1934 |
May 31, 1918 | Charles de Broqueville | 1860-1940 |
November 21, 1918 | Paul Segers | 1870-1946 |
November 21, 1918 | Henri Carton de Wiart | 1869-1951 |
November 21, 1918 | Aloys van de Vijvere | 1871-1961 |
November 21, 1918 | Ernest Solvay | 1838-1922 |
November 21, 1918 | Michel Levie | 1851-1939 |
November 21, 1918 | Adolphe Max | 1869-1939 |
November 21, 1918 | Emile Francqui | 1863-1935 |
November 21, 1918 | Paul Van Hoegaerden | 1858-1922 |
November 21, 1918 | Paul Berryer | 1868-1936 |
November 21, 1918 | Léon Colleaux | 1865-1950 |
November 21, 1918 | Louis Bertrand | 1856-1943 |
June 2, 1920 | Jules Renkin | 1862-1934 |
November 20, 1920 | Léon Delacroix | 1867-1929 |
March 11, 1924 | Henri Jaspar | 1870-1939 |
April 2, 1925 | Emile Brunet | 1863-1945 |
April 2, 1925 | Alexandre Braun | 1847-1935 |
April 2, 1925 | Charles Magnette | 1863-1937 |
May 13, 1925 | Georges Theunis | 1873-1966 |
May 13, 1925 | Fulgence Masson | 1854-1942 |
May 20, 1926 | Prosper Poullet | 1868-1937 |
September 27, 1926 | Louis Franck | 1868-1937 |
October 13, 1926 | Jean Servais | 1856-1946 |
April 8, 1930 | Emile Tibbaut | 1862-1935 |
April 8, 1930 | Edward Anseele | 1856-1938 |
April 8, 1930 | Albert Devèze | 1881-1959 |
June 6, 1931 | Paul-Émile Janson | 1872-1944 |
June 6, 1931 | Frans Van Cauwelaert | 1880-1961 |
February 22, 1932 | Maurice Houtart | 1866-1939 |
September 23, 1932 | Jules Poncelet | 1869-1952 |
September 23, 1932 | Xavier Neujean | 1840-1914 |
July 31, 1934 | Maurice Auguste Lippens | 1875-1956 |
July 31, 1934 | Cyrille Van Overbergh | 1866-1959 |
September 3, 1945 | Louis de Brouckere | 1870-1951 |
September 3, 1945 | Achille Delattre | 1879-1964 |
September 3, 1945 | Octave Dierckx | 1882-1955 |
September 3, 1945 | Frans Fischer | 1875-1949 |
September 3, 1945 | Robert Gillon | 1884-1972 |
September 3, 1945 | Camille Gutt | 1884-1971 |
September 3, 1945 | Henri Heyman | 1879-1958 |
September 3, 1945 | Georges Hubin | 1863-1947 |
September 3, 1945 | Camille Huysmans | 1871-1968 |
September 3, 1945 | Victor Maistriau | 1870-1961 |
September 3, 1945 | Joseph Merlot | 1886-1959 |
September 3, 1945 | Hubert Pierlot | 1883-1963 |
September 3, 1945 | Eugène Soudan | 1880-1960 |
September 3, 1945 | Paul Tschoffen | 1878-1961 |
February 13, 1946 | Romain Moyersoen | 1870-1967 |
July 21, 1948 | Henri Rolin | 1891-1973 |
July 21, 1948 | Paul van Zeeland | 1893-1973 |
July 21, 1948 | August De Schryver | 1898-1991 |
July 21, 1948 | Max Buset | 1896-1959 |
June 24, 1949 | Albert-Edouard Janssen | 1883-1966 |
August 11, 1949 | Paul-Henri Spaak | 1899-1972 |
December 24, 1950 | Cassian Lohest | 1894-1951 |
December 23, 1958 | Théo Lefèvre | 1914-1973 |
December 23, 1958 | Roger Motz | 1904-1964 |
December 23, 1958 | Paul Struye | 1896-1974 |
December 23, 1958 | Achille Van Acker | 1898-1975 |
April 5, 1963 | Paul Kronacker | 1897-1994 |
April 5, 1963 | Gaston Eyskens | 1905-1988 |
April 5, 1963 | Léo Collard | 1902-1981 |
April 5, 1963 | Charles du Bus de Warnaffe | 1894-1965 |
April 5, 1963 | Joseph Lemaire | 1882-1966 |
July 12, 1966 | Joseph Pholien | 1884-1968 |
July 12, 1966 | Jean Van Houtte | 1907-1991 |
July 12, 1966 | René Lefebvre | 1893-1976 |
July 12, 1966 | Antoon Spinoy | 1906-1967 |
July 12, 1966 | Paul-Willem Segers | 1900-1983 |
July 12, 1966 | Piet Vermeylen | 1904-1991 |
July 12, 1966 | Oscar Behogne | 1900-1970 |
July 12, 1966 | Omer Vanaudenhove | 1913-1994 |
July 12, 1966 | Maurice Destenay | 1900-1973 |
July 12, 1966 | Émile Cornez | 1900-1967 |
15th July 1969 | Paul Vanden Boeynants | 1919-2001 |
15th July 1969 | Albert Lilar | 1900-1976 |
15th July 1969 | Robert Houben | 1905-1992 |
15th July 1969 | Léon-Eli Troclet | 1902-1980 |
15th July 1969 | Jos Van Eynde | 1907-1992 |
February 22, 1971 | Edmond Leburton | 1915-1997 |
February 23, 1972 | Jean Rey | 1902-1983 |
20th February 1973 | Pierre Harmel | 1911-2009 |
March 30, 1973 | Louis Major | 1902-1985 |
March 30, 1973 | Edmond Machtens | 1902-1978 |
March 30, 1973 | Pierre Descamps | 1916-1992 |
March 30, 1973 | August Cool | 1903-1983 |
October 18, 1974 | Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot | 1913-1977 |
October 18, 1974 | Marc-Antoine Pierson | 1908-1988 |
October 18, 1974 | Frans Grootjans | 1922-1999 |
February 14, 1977 | Raymond Scheyven | 1911-1987 |
February 14, 1977 | Raoul Vreven | 1900-1979 |
February 14, 1977 | Alfons Vranckx | 1907-1979 |
February 14, 1977 | Robert Henrion | 1915-1997 |
4th October 1978 | Jos De Saeger | 1911-1998 |
2nd December 1983 | Ward Leemans | 1926-1998 |
2nd December 1983 | Jean Defraigne | 1929-2016 |
2nd December 1983 | André Cools | 1927-1991 |
2nd December 1983 | Herman Vanderpoorten | 1922-1984 |
2nd December 1983 | Willy Claes | 1938– |
2nd December 1983 | Guy Spitaels | 1931-2012 |
2nd December 1983 | Michel Toussaint | 1922-2007 |
2nd December 1983 | Alfred Califice | 1916-1999 |
2nd December 1983 | Frans Van der Elst | 1920-1997 |
2nd December 1983 | Antoinette Spaak | 1928-2020 |
2nd December 1983 | August Vanistendael | 1917-2003 |
January 6, 1985 | Willy De Clercq | 1927-2011 |
June 6, 1985 | Frank Van Acker | 1929-1992 |
March 7, 1992 | Wilfried Martens | 1936-2013 |
May 26, 1992 | Leo Tindemans | 1922-2014 |
May 26, 1992 | Renaat Van Elslande | 1916-2000 |
May 26, 1992 | Jean Gol | 1942-1995 |
May 26, 1992 | Arthur Gilson | 1915-2004 |
May 26, 1992 | Philippe Busquin | 1941– |
May 26, 1992 | Paula D'Hondt | 1926– |
May 26, 1992 | Irène Pétry | 1922-2007 |
May 26, 1992 | Gilbert Temmerman | 1928-2012 |
May 26, 1992 | Karel Van Miert | 1942-2009 |
September 10, 1993 | Andries Kinsbergen | 1926-2016 |
January 30, 1995 | Frank Swaelen | 1930-2007 |
January 30, 1995 | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb | 1936– |
January 30, 1995 | Guy Verhofstadt | 1953– |
January 30, 1995 | Philippe Moureaux | 1939-2018 |
January 30, 1995 | Hugo Schiltz | 1927-2006 |
January 30, 1995 | Louis Tobback | 1938– |
January 30, 1995 | Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck | 1944– |
January 30, 1995 | Magda Aelvoet | 1944– |
January 30, 1995 | Louis Michel | 1947– |
January 30, 1995 | José Daras | 1948– |
January 30, 1995 | Gerard Deprez | 1943– |
June 3, 1998 | Herman De Croo | 1937– |
July 17, 1998 | Philippe Maystadt | 1948-2017 |
July 17, 1998 | Gaston Geens | 1931-2002 |
July 17, 1998 | Robert Urbain | 1930-2018 |
July 17, 1998 | François-Xavier de Donnea | 1941– |
July 17, 1998 | Antoine Duquesne | 1941-2010 |
November 18, 1998 | Mark Eyskens | 1933– |
July 12, 1999 | Jean-Luc Dehaene | 1940-2014 |
January 28, 2002 | Elio Di Rupo | 1951– |
January 28, 2002 | Freddy Willockx | 1947– |
January 28, 2002 | Raymond Langendries | 1943– |
January 28, 2002 | Rent Smet | 1943– |
January 28, 2002 | Patrick Dewael | 1955– |
January 28, 2002 | Roger Lallemand | 1932-2016 |
January 28, 2002 | Jos Geysels | 1952– |
January 28, 2002 | Karel De Gucht | 1954– |
January 28, 2002 | Daniel Ducarme | 1954-2010 |
January 28, 2002 | Jacky Morael | 1959-2016 |
August 1, 2003 | Luc Coene | 1947-2017 |
January 26, 2004 | Herman Van Rompuy | 1947– |
January 26, 2004 | Jaak Gabriëls | 1943– |
January 26, 2004 | Charles Picqué | 1948– |
January 26, 2004 | Philippe Monfils | 1939– |
January 26, 2004 | Étienne Davignon | 1932– |
January 26, 2004 | Steve Stevaert | 1954-2015 |
January 30, 2006 | Johan Vande Lanotte | 1955– |
November 24, 2009 | Frank Vandenbroucke | 1955– |
November 24, 2009 | Jos Chabert | 1933-2014 |
November 24, 2009 | Armand De Decker | 1948-2019 |
December 7, 2009 | Melchior Wathelet | 1949– |
December 7, 2009 | André Flahaut | 1955– |
December 7, 2009 | Karel Poma | 1920-2014 |
December 7, 2011 | Yves Leterme | 1960– |
20th July 2013 | Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou | 1936– |
2nd November 2017 | Frans Van Daele | 1947– |
October 31, 2019 | Charles Michel | 1975- |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Royal Decree of June 3, 1998 (BS June 6, 1998)
- ↑ Royal Decree of July 17, 1998 (BS July 24, 1998)
- ↑ Royal Decree of November 18, 1998 (BS November 19, 1998)
- ↑ Royal Decree of July 12, 1999 (BS July 13, 1999)
- ↑ Royal Decree of January 28, 2002 (BS January 31, 2002)
- ↑ Royal Decree of July 31, 2003 (BS August 24, 2003)
- ↑ Royal Decree of January 26, 2004 (BS January 28, 2004)
- ↑ Royal Decree of January 30, 2006 (BS February 2, 2006)
- ↑ Royal Decree of November 24, 2009 (BS December 1, 2009)
- ^ Royal Decree of December 7, 2009 (BS December 17, 2009)
- ↑ Royal Decree of December 7, 2011 (BS December 8, 2011)
- ↑ Royal Decree of July 20, 2013 (BS July 24, 2013)
- ↑ Royal Decree of November 2, 2017 (BS November 21, 2017)
- ↑ NN: Charles Michel nommé ministre d'État . La Libre Belgique of November 2, 2019, page 8