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Wilmès II Government

97th Cabinet of Belgium (since 1830)
Date formed17 March 2020
Date dissolved1 October 2020
People and organisations
Head of state Philippe of Belgium
Head of government Sophie Wilmès
No. of ministers12
Member parties
Status in legislature
Opposition parties
History
Election(s) 2019 Belgian federal election
Legislature term(s)2019–2024
Predecessor Wilmès I
Successor De Croo
Coalition. Striped parties are not part of the government but supporting it from the opposition.

The Wilmès II Government was a minority Federal Government of Belgium, led by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès, the first female Prime Minister of Belgium.

Wilmès had been selected as a caretaker prime minister following the 2019 Belgian federal election, and headed the Wilmès I Government, a minority government with the same party composition as the previous Michel II Government, from 27 October 2019.

On 17 March 2020, the opposition parties sp.a, PS, Groen, Ecolo, cdH and DéFI agreed to give Wilmès the plenary powers needed to deal with the coronavirus outbreak in Belgium, for a period of three months. [1] This was later extended until mid-September 2020, and then 1 October 2020, to allow completion of the 2019–20 Belgian government formation. Upon the end of the process, the Wilmès II Government was replaced by the De Croo Government. [2]

Composition

The composition of the government was identical to that of the last composition of Wilmès I Government.

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister
Prime Minister17 March 20201 October 2020  MR
Deputy Prime Ministers
Minister of Justice and Director of Buildings17 March 20201 October 2020  CD&V
Minister of Budget, Civil Service, National Lottery and Scientific Policy17 March 20201 October 2020  MR
Minister of Development Cooperation, Finance and fighting Fiscal Fraud17 March 20201 October 2020  Open Vld
Minister
Minister of Administrative Simplification, Digital Agenda, Postal Services and Telecom17 March 20201 October 2020  Open Vld
Minister of the Interior and Safety17 March 20201 October 2020  CD&V
Minister of Asylum, Migration, Health and Social Affairs17 March 20201 October 2020  Open Vld
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Disabled Persons, Economy,
Employment, Equal Rights and Fighting Poverty		17 March 20201 October 2020  CD&V
Minister of the Middle Class, SMEs, Self-employed,
Agriculture, Social Integration and Urban Policy		17 March 20201 October 2020  MR
Minister of Pensions17 March 20201 October 2020  MR
Minister of Mobility and the National Railway Company17 March 20201 October 2020  MR
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence and European Affairs17 March 20201 October 2020  MR
Minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development17 March 20201 October 2020  MR

References

  1. ^ VRT NWS (2020-03-16). "Premier Sophie Wilmès (MR) vraagt morgen het vertrouwen in de Kamer". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. ^ VRT NWS (2020-09-30). "7 partijen hebben een inhoudelijk akkoord om samen te regeren: dit weten we daar al over" [7 parties have an internal agreement to govern: this is what we know already]. vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-09-30.
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