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The Minister of State (Dutch: Minister van Staat) 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
- Jean Defraigne - 2 December 1983
- Willy Claes - 2 December 1983
- Guy Spitaels - 2 December 1983
- Antoinette Spaak - 2 December 1983
- Wilfried Martens - 7 March 1992
- Leo Tindemans - 26 May 1992
- Philippe Busquin - 26 May 1992
- Paula D'Hondt - 26 May 1992
- Gilbert Temmerman - 26 May 1992
- Andries Kinsbergen - 10 September 1993
- Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb - 30 January 1995
- Guy Verhofstadt - 30 January 1995
- Philippe Moureaux - 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
- Philippe Maystadt - 17 July 1998
- Robert Urbain - 17 July 1998
- François-Xavier de Donnea - 17 July 1998
- Mark Eyskens - 18 November 1998
- Jean-Luc Dehaene - 12 July 1999
- Elio Di Rupo - 28 January 2002
- Freddy Willockx - 28 January 2002
- Raymond Langendries - 28 January 2002
- Miet Smet - 28 January 2002
- Patrick Dewael - 28 January 2002
- Roger Lallemand - 28 January 2002
- Jos Geysels - 28 January 2002
- Karel De Gucht - 28 January 2002
- Daniel Ducarme - 28 January 2002
- Jacky Morael - 28 January 2002
- Luc Coene - 1 August 2003
- Herman Van Rompuy - 26 January 2004
- Jaak Gabriëls - 26 January 2004
- Charles Picqué - 26 January 2004
- Philippe Monfils - 26 January 2004
- Etienne Davignon - 26 January 2004
- Steve Stevaert - 26 January 2004
- Johan Vande Lanotte - 30 January 2006
- Jos Chabert - 24 November 2009
- Armand De Decker - 24 November 2009
- Frank Vandenbroucke - 24 November 2009
- Melchior Wathelet - 7 December 2009
- André Flahaut - 7 December 2009
- Karel Poma - 7 December 2009
Former ministers of state
Date of appointment Name Birth
Death12 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 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 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 Graaf de Jonghe d'Ardoye 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 8 November 1904 Masson 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 August 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 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 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 6 January 1985 Willy Declercq 1927-2011 6 June 1985 Frank Van Acker 1929-1992 26 May 1992 Renaat Van Elslande 1916-2000 26 May 1992 Jean Gol 1942-1995 26 May 1992 Arthur Gilson 1915-2004 26 May 1992 Irène Pétry 1922-2007 26 May 1992 Karel Van Miert 1942-2009 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 Categories:- Belgian Ministers of State
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