Minister of State (Belgium)

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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

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* Willy Claes – 2 December 1983
* Philippe Busquin – 26 May 1992
* Guy Verhofstadt – 30 January 1995
* Louis Tobback – 30 January 1995
* Annemie Neyts – 30 January 1995
* Magda Aelvoet – 30 January 1995
* Louis Michel – 30 January 1995
* José Daras – 30 January 1995
* Gérard Deprez – 30 January 1995
* Herman De Croo – 3 June 1998
* François-Xavier de Donnea – 17 July 1998
* Mark Eyskens – 18 November 1998
* Elio Di Rupo – 28 January 2002
* Raymond Langendries – 28 January 2002
* Patrick Dewael – 28 January 2002
* Jos Geysels – 28 January 2002
* Karel De Gucht – 28 January 2002
* Herman Van Rompuy – 26 January 2004
* Charles Picqué – 26 January 2004
* Philippe Monfils – 26 January 2004
* Étienne Davignon – 26 January 2004
* Johan Vande Lanotte – 30 January 2006
* Frank Vandenbroucke – 24 November 2009
* Melchior Wathelet – 7 December 2009
* André Flahaut – 7 December 2009
* Yves Leterme – 7 December 2011
* Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou – 20 July 2013
* Frans van Daele – 2 November 2017
* Charles Michel – 31 October 2019

## Former ministers of state

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Date of appointment | Name | Birth
Death

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12 November 1831 | Félix de Mérode | 1791–1857
12 November 1831 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt | 1794–1874
12 November 1831 | Felix de Muelenaere | 1793–1862
17 September 1832 | Albert Goblet d'Alviella | 1790–1873
8 August 1834 | Auguste Duvivier | 1772–1846
19 August 1836 | Louis Evain [fr] | 1775–1852
19 June 1845 | Jean-Baptiste Nothomb | 1805–1881
30 July 1845 | Edouard d'Huart | 1800–1884
12 August 1845 | Edouard Mercier | 1799–1870
12 August 1847 | Charles Liedts | 1802–1878
12 August 1847 | Henri de Brouckère | 1801–1891
6 June 1856 | Jules Joseph d'Anethan | 1803–1888
6 June 1856 | Adolphe Dechamps | 1807–1875
6 June 1856 | Charles Le Hon | 1792–1868
12 November 1857 | Joseph Lebeau | 1794–1866
12 November 1857 | Noël Delfosse | 1801–1858
3 June 1861 | Walthère Frère-Orban | 1812–1896
4 November 1861 | Adolphe de Vrière [fr] | 1806–1885
13 May 1863 | Eugène de Ligne | 1804–1880
13 May 1863 | Sylvain Van de Weyer | 1802–1874
6 June 1863 | Constant d'Hoffschmidt | 1804–1873
4 January 1868 | Charles Rogier | 1800–1885
4 January 1868 | Alphonse Vandenpeereboom | 1812–1884
24 July 1870 | Jules Malou | 1810–1886
7 July 1872 | Barthélemy Dumortier | 1797–1878
1 May 1875 | Charles Vilain XIIII | 1803–1878
1 May 1875 | Hubert Dolez | 1808–1880
7 January 1879 | François D'Elhoungne | 1815–1892
7 January 1879 | Auguste Orts | 1814–1880
18 June 1884 | Eudore Pirmez | 1830–1890
25 January 1885 | Auguste Lambermont | 1819–1905
20 May 1888 | Victor Jacobs | 1838–1891
20 May 1888 | Charles Delcour | 1811–1889
9 June 1890 | Théophile de Lantsheere | 1833–1918
9 June 1890 | Karel de Mérode-Westerloo | 1824–1892
9 June 1890 | Henri t'Kint de Roodenbeke | 1817–1900
15 November 1891 | Louis de Jonghe d'Ardoye | 1820–1893
15 November 1891 | Jules Guillery | 1824–1902
15 November 1891 | Charles Woeste | 1837–1922
28 March 1894 | August Beernaert | 1829–1912
28 March 1894 | Jules Le Jeune | 1828–1911
9 November 1897 | Pierre Tack | 1818–1910
24 January 1899 | Paul de Smet de Naeyer | 1843–1913
7 May 1900 | Joseph Devolder | 1842–1919
7 May 1900 | Charles Graux | 1837–1910
7 May 1900 | Jules Vandenpeereboom | 1843–1917
1 May 1907 | Paul de Favereau | 1856–1922
1 May 1907 | Jules Van den Heuvel | 1854–1926
6 May 1907 | Frans Schollaert | 1851–1917
6 May 1907 | Jules Greindl | 1835–1917
6 May 1907 | Émile Dupont | 1834–1912
22 February 1912 | Julien Liebaert | 1848–1930
23 February 1912 | Gérard Cooreman | 1852–1926
23 February 1912 | Joris Helleputte | 1852–1925
23 February 1912 | Xavier Neujean | 1840–1914
23 February 1912 | Louis Huysmans | 1844–1915
14 August 1912 | Louis De Sadeleer | 1852–1924
14 August 1912 | Paul Janson | 1840–1913
2 August 1914 | Paul Hymans | 1865–1941
4 August 1914 | Emile Vandervelde | 1866–1938
26 July 1915 | Eugène Beyens | 1855–1934
31 May 1918 | Charles de Broqueville | 1860–1940
21 November 1918 | Paul Segers | 1870–1946
21 November 1918 | Henri Carton de Wiart | 1869–1951
21 November 1918 | Aloys Van de Vyvere | 1871–1961
21 November 1918 | Ernest Solvay | 1838–1922
21 November 1918 | Michel Levie | 1851–1939
21 November 1918 | Adolphe Max | 1869–1939
21 November 1918 | Emile Francqui | 1863–1935
21 November 1918 | Paul Van Hoegaerden | 1858–1922
21 November 1918 | Paul Berryer | 1868–1936
21 November 1918 | Léon Colleaux | 1865–1950
21 November 1918 | Louis Bertrand | 1856–1943
2 June 1920 | Jules Renkin | 1862–1934
20 November 1920 | Léon Delacroix | 1867–1929
11 March 1924 | Henri Jaspar | 1870–1939
2 April 1925 | Emile Brunet | 1863–1945
2 April 1925 | Alexandre Braun | 1847–1935
2 April 1925 | Charles Magnette | 1863–1937
13 May 1925 | Georges Theunis | 1873–1966
13 May 1925 | Fulgence Masson | 1854–1942
20 May 1926 | Prosper Poullet | 1868–1937
27 September 1926 | Louis Franck | 1868–1937
13 October 1926 | Jean Servais | 1856–1946
8 April 1930 | Emile Tibbaut | 1862–1935
8 April 1930 | Edward Anseele | 1856–1938
8 April 1930 | Albert Devèze | 1881–1959
6 June 1931 | Paul-Emile Janson | 1872–1944
6 June 1931 | Frans Van Cauwelaert | 1880–1961
22 February 1932 | Maurice Houtart | 1866–1939
23 September 1932 | Jules Poncelet | 1869–1952
23 September 1932 | Xavier Neujean | 1865–1940
31 July 1934 | Maurice Lippens | 1875–1956
31 July 1934 | Cyrille Van Overbergh | 1866–1959
3 September 1945 | Louis de Brouckère | 1870–1951
3 September 1945 | Achille Delattre | 1879–1964
3 September 1945 | Octave Dierckx | 1882–1955
3 September 1945 | Frans Fischer | 1875–1949
3 September 1945 | Robert Gillon | 1884–1972
3 September 1945 | Camille Gutt | 1884–1971
3 September 1945 | Henri Heyman | 1879–1958
3 September 1945 | Georges Hubin | 1863–1947
3 September 1945 | Camille Huysmans | 1871–1968
3 September 1945 | Victor Maistriau | 1870–1961
3 September 1945 | Joseph Merlot | 1886–1959
3 September 1945 | Hubert Pierlot | 1883–1963
3 September 1945 | Eugène Soudan | 1880–1960
3 September 1945 | Paul Tschoffen | 1878–1961
13 February 1946 | Romain Moyersoen | 1870–1967
21 July 1948 | Henri Rolin | 1891–1973
21 July 1948 | Paul Van Zeeland | 1893–1973
21 July 1948 | August De Schryver | 1898–1991
21 July 1948 | Max Buset | 1896–1959
24 June 1949 | Albert-Edouard Janssen | 1883–1969
11 August 1949 | Paul-Henri Spaak | 1899–1972
24 December 1950 | Cassian Lohest | 1894–1951
23 December 1958 | Théo Lefèvre | 1914–1973
23 December 1958 | Roger Motz | 1904–1964
23 December 1958 | Paul Struye | 1896–1974
23 December 1958 | Achiel Van Acker | 1898–1975
5 April 1963 | Paul Kronacker | 1897–1994
5 April 1963 | Gaston Eyskens | 1905–1988
5 April 1963 | Leo Collard | 1902–1981
5 April 1963 | Charles du Bus de Warnaffe | 1894–1965
5 April 1963 | Joseph Lemaire | 1882–1966
12 July 1966 | Joseph Pholien | 1884–1968
12 July 1966 | Jean Van Houtte | 1907–1991
12 July 1966 | René Lefebvre | 1893–1976
12 July 1966 | Antoon Spinoy | 1906–1967
12 July 1966 | Paul-Willem Segers | 1900–1983
12 July 1966 | Piet Vermeylen | 1904–1991
12 July 1966 | Oscar Behogne | 1900–1970
12 July 1966 | Omer Vanaudenhove | 1913–1994
12 July 1966 | Maurice Destenay | 1900–1973
12 July 1966 | Émile Cornez | 1900–1967
15 July 1969 | Paul Vanden Boeynants | 1919–2001
15 July 1969 | Albert Lilar | 1900–1976
15 July 1969 | Robert Houben | 1905–1992
15 July 1969 | Léon-Eli Troclet | 1902–1980
15 July 1969 | Jos Van Eynde [nl] | 1907–1992
22 February 1971 | Edmond Leburton | 1915–1997
23 February 1972 | Jean Rey | 1902–1983
20 February 1973 | Pierre Harmel | 1911–2009
30 March 1973 | Louis Major | 1902–1985
30 March 1973 | Edmond Machtens | 1902–1978
30 March 1973 | Pierre Descamps | 1916–1992
30 March 1973 | August Cool | 1903–1983
18 October 1974 | Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot | 1923–1977
18 October 1974 | Marc-Antoine Pierson | 1908–1988
18 October 1974 | Frans Grootjans | 1922–1999
14 February 1977 | Raymond Scheyven | 1911–1987
14 February 1977 | Raoul Vreven | 1900–1979
14 February 1977 | Alfons Vranckx | 1907–1979
14 February 1977 | Robert Henrion | 1915–1997
4 October 1978 | Jos De Saeger | 1911–1998
2 December 1983 | Ward Leemans | 1926–1998
2 December 1983 | André Cools | 1927–1991
2 December 1983 | Herman Vanderpoorten | 1922–1984
2 December 1983 | Jean Defraigne | 1929–2016
2 December 1983 | Michel Toussaint | 1922–2007
2 December 1983 | Alfred Califice | 1916–1999
2 December 1983 | Frans Van der Elst | 1920–1997
2 December 1983 | August Vanistendael | 1917–2003
2 December 1983 | Antoinette Spaak | 1928–2020
2 December 1983 | Guy Spitaels | 1931–2012
6 January 1985 | Willy Declercq | 1927–2011
6 June 1985 | Frank Van Acker | 1929–1992
7 March 1992 | Wilfried Martens | 1936–2013
26 May 1992 | Paula D'Hondt | 1926–2022
26 May 1992 | Jean Gol | 1942–1995
26 May 1992 | Arthur Gilson | 1915–2004
26 May 1992 | Irène Pétry | 1922–2007
26 May 1992 | Gilbert Temmerman | 1928–2012
26 May 1992 | Leo Tindemans | 1922–2014
26 May 1992 | Renaat Van Elslande | 1916–2000
26 May 1992 | Karel Van Miert | 1942–2009
10 September 1993 | Andries Kinsbergen | 1926–2016
30 January 1995 | Philippe Moureaux | 1939–2018
30 January 1995 | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb | 1936-2023
30 January 1995 | Frank Swaelen | 1930–2007
30 January 1995 | Hugo Schiltz | 1927–2006
17 July 1998 | Gaston Geens | 1931–2002
17 July 1998 | Antoine Duquesne | 1941–2010
17 July 1998 | Philippe Maystadt | 1948–2017
17 July 1998 | Robert Urbain | 1930–2018
12 July 1999 | Jean-Luc Dehaene | 1940–2014
28 January 2002 | Daniel Ducarme | 1954–2010
28 January 2002 | Roger Lallemand | 1932–2016
28 January 2002 | Jacky Morael | 1959–2016
28 January 2002 | Miet Smet | 1943–2024
28 January 2002 | Freddy Willockx | 1947–2024
1 August 2003 | Luc Coene | 1947–2017
26 January 2004 | Jaak Gabriëls | 1943–2024
26 January 2004 | Steve Stevaert | 1954–2015
24 November 2009 | Jos Chabert | 1933–2014
24 November 2009 | Armand De Decker | 1948–2019
7 December 2009 | Karel Poma | 1920–2014

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