Minister of the Interior (Belgium)

This is the list of Belgian ministers of the Interior.

## List of ministers

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### 1831 to 1899

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year | minister | party

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1831 | Jean-François Tielemans | Liberale Partij
1831 | Etienne de Sauvage | (liberaal)
1831 | Charles de Brouckère | (liberaal)
1831 | Théodore Teichmann | (liberaal)
1831 | Isidore Fallon | Katholieke Partij
1831-1832 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt | (katholiek)
1832-1834 | Charles Rogier | (liberaal)
1834-1840 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt | (katholiek)
1840-1841 | Charles Liedts | (liberaal)
1841-1845 | Jean-Baptiste Nothomb | (liberaal)
1845-1846 | Sylvain Van de Weyer | (katholiek)
1846-1847 | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt | (katholiek)
1847-1852 | Charles Rogier | (liberaal)
1852-1855 | Ferdinand Piercot | (liberaal)
1855-1857 | Pierre de Decker | (katholiek)
1857-1861 | Charles Rogier | (liberaal)
1861-1867 | Alphonse Vandenpeereboom | (liberaal)
1868-1870 | Eudore Pirmez | (liberaal)
1870-1871 | Joseph Kervyn de Lettenhove | (Katholieke Partij)
1871-1878 | Charles Delcour | (Katholieke Partij)
1878-1884 | Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns | (liberaal)
1884 | Victor Jacobs | (Katholieke Partij)
1884-1887 | Joseph Thonissen | (Katholieke Partij)
1887-1890 | Joseph Devolder | (Katholieke Partij)
1890-1891 | Ernest Mélot | (Katholieke Partij)
1891-1895 | Jules de Burlet | (Katholieke Partij)
1895-1899 | Frans Schollaert | (Katholieke Partij)

### 1900 to 1999

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1899 - 1907 | Jules de Trooz | (Katholieke Partij)
1908 - 1910 | Frans Schollaert | (Katholieke Partij)
1910 - 1918 | Paul Berryer | (Katholieke Partij)
1918 - 1919 | Charles de Broqueville | (Katholieke Partij)
1919 - 1920 | Jules Renkin | (Katholieke Partij)
1920 | Henri Jaspar | (Katholieke Partij)
1920 - 1921 | Henri Carton de Wiart | (Katholieke Partij)
1921 - 1924 | Paul Berryer | (Katholieke Partij)
1924 - 1925 | Prosper Poullet | (Katholieke Partij)
1925 - 1926 | Edouard Rolin Jaequemyns | (liberaal)
1926 - 1927 | Henri Jaspar | (Katholieke Partij)
1927 | Maurice Vauthier | (liberaal)
1927 - 1929 | Albert Carnoy | (Katholieke Partij)
1929 - 1931 | Henri Baels | (Katholieke Partij)
1931 | Henri Jaspar | (Katholieke Partij)
1931 - 1932 | Jules Renkin | (Katholieke Partij)
1932 | Henri Carton de Tournai | (Katholieke Partij)
1932 - 1934 | Prosper Poullet | (Katholieke Partij)
1934 - 1935 | Hubert Pierlot | (Katholieke Partij)
1935 - 1936 | Charles du Bus de Warnaffe | (Katholieke Partij)
1936 - 1937 | August de Schryver | (Katholieke Partij)
1937 - 1938 | Octave Dierckx | (liberaal)
1938 - 1939 | Joseph Merlot | (POB)
1939 | Willem Eekelers | (BWP)
1939 - 1940 | Albert Devèze | (liberaal)
1940 - 1943 | Arthur Vanderpoorten | (liberaal)
1943 - 1944 | August de Schryver | (Katholieke Partij)
1944 - 1945 | Edmond Ronse | (Katholieke Partij)
1945 - 1946 | Adolphe Van Glabbeke | (liberaal)
1946 | Joseph Merlot | (PSB)
1946 - 1947 | Auguste Buisseret | (liberaal)
1947 - 1949 | Piet Vermeylen | (BSP)
1949 - 1950 | Albert de Vleeschauwer | (CVP)
1950 - 1952 | Maurice Brasseur | (CVP)
1952 - 1954 | Ludovic Moyersoen | (CVP)
1954 - 1958 | Piet Vermeylen | (BSP)
1958 | Charles Hèger | (PSC)
1958 - 1961 | René Lefebvre | (liberaal)
1961 - 1965 | Arthur Gilson | (PSC)
1965 - 1966 | Alfons Vranckx | (BSP)
1966 - 1968 | Herman Vanderpoorten | (PVV)
1968 - 1972 | Lucien Harmegnies | (PSB)
1972 - 1973 | Renaat Van Elslande | (CVP)
1973 - 1974 | Edouard Close | (PSB)
1974 | Charles Hanin | (PSC)
1974 - 1977 | Joseph Michel | (PSC)
1977 - 1979 | Rik Boel | (BSP)
1979 - 1980 | Georges Gramme | (PSC)
1980 | Philippe Moureaux | (PS)
1980 - 1981 | Guy Mathot | (PS)
1981 | Philippe Busquin | (PS)
1981 - 1986 | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb | (PSC)
1986 - 1988 | Joseph Michel | (PSC)
1989 - 1995 | Louis Tobback | SP
1995 - 1998 | Johan Vande Lanotte | SP
1998 | Louis Tobback | SP
1998 - 1999 | Luc Van den Bossche | SP

### 2000–

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Portrait  | Name
(Born–Died) | Term of office  | Political party  | Government | Prime Minister

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
|  | Antoine Duquesne
(born 1941 - died 2010) | 12 July 1999  | 12 July 2003  | 4 years, 1 day  | PRL
MR (since 2002) | Verhofstadt I | Guy Verhofstadt
(Open VLD)  |
|  | Patrick Dewael
(born 1955) | 12 July 2003  | 30 December 2008  | 5 years, 172 days  | Open VLD | Verhofstadt II
Verhofstadt III
Leterme I | Yves Leterme
(CD&V)  |
| Guido De Padt
(born 1954) | 30 December 2008  | 17 July 2009  | 200 days  | Van Rompuy | Herman Van Rompuy
(CD&V)
| Annemie Turtelboom
(born 1967) | 17 July 2009  | 25 November 2009  | 2 years, 143 days
25 November 2009  | 6 December 2011  | Leterme II | Yves Leterme
(CD&V)
|  | Joëlle Milquet
(born 1961) | 6 December 2011  | 22 July 2014  | 2 years, 229 days  | CDH | Di Rupo | Elio Di Rupo
(PS)  |
| Melchior Wathelet, Jr.
(born 1977) | 22 July 2014  | 11 October 2014  | 82 days
|  | Jan Jambon
(born 1960) | 11 October 2014  | 9 December 2018  | 4 years, 60 days  | N-VA | Michel I | Charles Michel
(MR)  |
|  | Pieter De Crem
(born 1962) | 9 December 2018  | 1 October 2020  | 1 year, 298 days  | CD&V | Michel II
Wilmès I | Sophie Wilmès
(MR)
Wilmès II
| Annelies Verlinden
(born 1978) | 1 October 2020  | 3 February 2025  | 4 years, 126 days  | Vivaldi | Alexander De Croo
(Open VLD)  |
|  | Bernard Quintin
(born 1971) | 3 February 2025  | present | 177 days  | MR | De Wever | Bart De Wever
(N-VA)  |