Minister of State (Belgium)

The Minister of State (Dutch: Minister van Staat, French: Ministre d'État, German: Staatsminister) is an honorary title in Belgium. It is formally granted by the Belgian monarch, but on the initiative of the Belgian federal government. It is given on a personal basis, for life rather than for a specified period. The title is granted for exceptional merits, generally to senior politicians at the end of their party careers. It is not lost after a criminal conviction (Guy Spitaels, Willy Claes). Ministers of state are often former cabinet members or party leaders. Ministers of State advise the Sovereign in delicate situations, with moral authority but without formal competence. They are also members of the Crown Council of Belgium.

List of living ministers of state

Former ministers of state

Date of appointmentNameBirth
Death
12 November 1831Félix de Mérode1791-1857
12 November 1831Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt1794-1874
12 November 1831Felix de Muelenaere1793-1862
17 September 1832Albert Goblet d'Alviella1790-1873
8 August 1834Auguste Duvivier1772-1846
19 August 1836Louis Evain1775-1852
19 June 1845Jean-Baptiste Nothomb1805-1881
30 July 1845Edouard d'Huart1800-1884
12 August 1845Edouard Mercier1799-1870
12 August 1847Charles Liedts1802-1878
12 August 1847Henri de Brouckère1801-1891
6 June 1856Jules Joseph d'Anethan1803-1888
6 June 1856Adolphe Dechamps1807-1875
6 June 1856Charles Le Hon1792-1868
12 November 1857Joseph Lebeau1794-1866
12 November 1857Noël Delfosse1801-1858
3 June 1861Walthère Frère-Orban1812-1896
4 November 1861Adolphe de Vrière1806-1885
13 May 1863Eugène de Ligne1804-1880
13 May 1863Sylvain Van de Weyer1802-1874
6 June 1863Constant d'Hoffschmidt1804-1873
4 January 1868Charles Rogier1800-1885
4 January 1868Alphonse Vandenpeereboom1812-1884
24 July 1870Jules Malou1810-1886
7 July 1872Barthélemy Dumortier1797-1878
1 May 1875Charles Vilain XIIII1803-1878
1 May 1875Hubert Dolez1808-1880
7 January 1879François D'Elhoungne1815-1892
7 January 1879Auguste Orts1814-1880
18 June 1884Eudore Pirmez1830-1890
25 January 1885Auguste Lambermont1819-1905
20 May 1888Victor Jacobs1838-1891
20 May 1888Charles Delcour1811-1889
9 June 1890Théophile de Lantsheere1833-1918
9 June 1890Karel de Mérode-Westerloo1824-1892
9 June 1890Henri t'Kint de Roodenbeke1817-1900
15 November 1891Louis de Jonghe d'Ardoye1820-1893
15 November 1891Jules Guillery1824-1902
15 November 1891Charles Woeste1837-1922
28 March 1894August Beernaert1829-1912
28 March 1894Jules Le Jeune1828-1911
9 November 1897Pierre Tack1818-1910
24 January 1899Paul de Smet de Naeyer1843-1913
7 May 1900Joseph Devolder1842-1919
7 May 1900Charles Graux1837-1910
7 May 1900Jules Vandenpeereboom1843-1917
8 November 1904Masson
1 May 1907Paul de Favereau1856-1922
1 May 1907Jules Van den Heuvel1854-1926
6 May 1907Frans Schollaert1851-1917
6 May 1907Jules Greindl1835-1917
6 May 1907Émile Dupont1834-1912
22 February 1912Julien Liebaert1848-1930
23 February 1912Gérard Cooreman1852-1926
23 February 1912Joris Helleputte1852-1925
23 February 1912Xavier Neujean1840-1914
23 February 1912Louis Huysmans1844-1915
14 August 1912Louis De Sadeleer1852-1924
14 August 1912Paul Janson1840-1913
2 August 1914Paul Hymans1865-1941
4 August 1914Emile Vandervelde1866-1938
26 July 1915Eugène Beyens1855-1934
31 May 1918Charles de Broqueville1860-1940
21 November 1918Paul Segers1870-1946
21 November 1918Henri Carton de Wiart1869-1951
21 November 1918Aloys Van de Vyvere1871-1961
21 November 1918Ernest Solvay1838-1922
21 November 1918Michel Levie1851-1939
21 November 1918Adolphe Max1869-1939
21 November 1918Emile Francqui1863-1935
21 November 1918Paul Van Hoegaerden1858-1922
21 November 1918Paul Berryer1868-1936
21 November 1918Léon Colleaux1865-1950
21 November 1918Louis Bertrand1856-1943
2 June 1920Jules Renkin1862-1934
20 November 1920Léon Delacroix1867-1929
11 March 1924Henri Jaspar1870-1939
2 April 1925Emile Brunet1863-1945
2 April 1925Alexandre Braun1847-1935
2 April 1925Charles Magnette1863-1937
13 May 1925Georges Theunis1873-1966
13 May 1925Fulgence Masson1854-1942
20 May 1926Prosper Poullet1868-1937
27 September 1926Louis Franck1868-1937
13 October 1926Jean Servais1856-1946
8 April 1930Emile Tibbaut1862-1935
8 April 1930Edward Anseele1856-1938
8 April 1930Albert Devèze1881-1959
6 June 1931Paul-Emile Janson1872-1944
6 June 1931Frans Van Cauwelaert1880-1961
22 February 1932Maurice Houtart1866-1939
23 September 1932Jules Poncelet1869-1952
23 September 1932Xavier Neujean1865-1940
31 July 1934Maurice Lippens1875-1956
31 July 1934Cyrille Van Overbergh1866-1959
3 September 1945Louis de Brouckère1870-1951
3 September 1945Achille Delattre1879-1964
3 September 1945Octave Dierckx1882-1955
3 September 1945Frans Fischer1875-1949
3 September 1945Robert Gillon1884-1972
3 September 1945Camille Gutt1884-1971
3 September 1945Henri Heyman1879-1958
3 September 1945Georges Hubin1863-1947
3 September 1945Camille Huysmans1871-1968
3 September 1945Victor Maistriau1870-1961
3 September 1945Joseph Merlot1886-1959
3 September 1945Hubert Pierlot1883-1963
3 September 1945Eugène Soudan1880-1960
3 September 1945Paul Tschoffen1878-1961
13 February 1946Romain Moyersoen1870-1967
21 July 1948Henri Rolin1891-1973
21 July 1948Paul Van Zeeland1893-1973
21 July 1948August De Schryver1898-1991
21 July 1948Max Buset1896-1959
24 June 1949Albert-Edouard Janssen1883-1969
11 August 1949Paul-Henri Spaak1899-1972
24 December 1950Cassian Lohest1894-1951
23 December 1958Théo Lefèvre1914-1973
23 December 1958Roger Motz1904-1964
23 December 1958Paul Struye1896-1974
23 December 1958Achiel Van Acker1898-1975
5 April 1963Paul Kronacker1897-1994
5 April 1963Gaston Eyskens1905-1988
5 April 1963Leo Collard1902-1981
5 April 1963Charles du Bus de Warnaffe1894-1965
5 April 1963Joseph Lemaire1882-1966
12 July 1966Joseph Pholien1884-1968
12 July 1966Jean Van Houtte1907-1991
12 July 1966René Lefebvre1893-1976
12 July 1966Antoon Spinoy1906-1967
12 July 1966Paul-Willem Segers1900-1983
12 July 1966Piet Vermeylen1904-1991
12 July 1966Oscar Behogne1900-1970
12 July 1966Omer Vanaudenhove1913-1994
12 July 1966Maurice Destenay1900-1973
12 July 1966Émile Cornez1900-1967
15 July 1969Paul Vanden Boeynants1919-2001
15 July 1969Albert Lilar1900-1976
15 July 1969Robert Houben1905-1992
15 July 1969Léon-Eli Troclet1902-1980
15 July 1969Jos Van Eynde1907-1992
22 February 1971Edmond Leburton1915-1997
23 February 1972Jean Rey1902-1983
20 February 1973Pierre Harmel1911-2009
30 March 1973Louis Major1902-1985
30 March 1973Edmond Machtens1902-1978
30 March 1973Pierre Descamps1916-1992
30 March 1973August Cool1903-1983
18 October 1974Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot1923-1977
18 October 1974Marc-Antoine Pierson1908-1988
18 October 1974Frans Grootjans1922-1999
14 February 1977Raymond Scheyven1911-1987
14 February 1977Raoul Vreven1900-1979
14 February 1977Alfons Vranckx1907-1979
14 February 1977Robert Henrion1915-1997
4 October 1978Jos De Saeger1911-1998
2 December 1983Ward Leemans1926-1998
2 December 1983André Cools1927-1991
2 December 1983Herman Vanderpoorten1922-1984
2 December 1983Jean Defraigne1929-2016
2 December 1983Michel Toussaint1922-2007
2 December 1983Alfred Califice1916-1999
2 December 1983Frans Van der Elst1920-1997
2 December 1983August Vanistendael1917-2003
2 December 1983Antoinette Spaak1928-2020
2 December 1983Guy Spitaels1931-2012
6 January 1985Willy Declercq1927-2011
6 June 1985Frank Van Acker1929-1992
7 March 1992Wilfried Martens1936-2013
26 May 1992Renaat Van Elslande1916-2000
26 May 1992Jean Gol1942-1995
26 May 1992Arthur Gilson1915-2004
26 May 1992Irène Pétry1922-2007
26 May 1992Karel Van Miert1942-2009
26 May 1992Gilbert Temmerman1928-2012
26 May 1992Leo Tindemans1922-2014
10 September 1993Andries Kinsbergen1926-2016
30 January 1995Philippe Moureaux1939-2018
30 January 1995Frank Swaelen1930-2007
30 January 1995Hugo Schiltz1927-2006
17 July 1998Gaston Geens1931-2002
17 July 1998Antoine Duquesne1941-2010
17 July 1998Philippe Maystadt1948-2017
17 July 1998Robert Urbain1930-2018
12 July 1999Jean-Luc Dehaene1940-2014
28 January 2002Daniel Ducarme1954-2010
28 January 2002Roger Lallemand1932-2016
28 January 2002Jacky Morael1959-2016
1 August 2003Luc Coene1947-2017
26 January 2004Steve Stevaert1954-2015
24 November 2009Jos Chabert1933-2014
24 November 2009Armand De Decker1948-2019
7 December 2009Karel Poma1920-2014
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