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The Verhofstadt II Government was the federal government of Belgium from 12 July 2003 to 21 December 2007.
It was the second government headed by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt ( VLD). It was formed after the 2003 general election. It consisted of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), the French-speaking Liberal Reformist Party (MR), the Flemish Socialist Party (SP.a) and the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS). Because it comprised liberals and socialists it was also known as a "purple" coalition. It was a continuation of the Verhofstadt I Government but without the Green parties.
Function | Holder | Party | |
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Prime Minister | Guy Verhofstadt | VLD | |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Justice |
Laurette Onkelinx | PS | |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Louis Michel | MR | |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of the Budget and Public Enterprises |
Johan Vande Lanotte | SP.a | |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of the Interior |
Patrick Dewael | VLD | |
Minister of Employment and Pensions | Frank Vandenbroucke | SP.a | |
Minister of Defence | André Flahaut | PS | |
Minister of Development Cooperation | Marc Verwilghen | VLD | |
Minister of Finance | Didier Reynders | MR | |
Minister of the Economy, Energy, Foreign Trade, and Science | Fientje Moerman | VLD | |
Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health | Rudy Demotte | PS | |
Minister of Mobility and Social Economy | Bert Anciaux | Spirit (SP.a) | |
Minister of the Civil Service, Integration, and Large Cities | Marie Arena | PS | |
Minister of the Middle Class and Agriculture | Sabine Laruelle | MR | |
Minister of the Environment, Consumer Protection, and Sustainable Development | Freya Van den Bossche | SP.a | |
Secretary of State for Informatization | Peter Vanvelthoven | SP.a | |
Secretary of State for European Affairs | Jacques Simonet | MR | |
Secretary of State for Financial Modernization and the Fight Against Fiscal Fraud | Hervé Jamar | MR | |
Secretary of State for Labour Organization and Welfare at Work | Anissa Temsamani | SP.a | |
Secretary of State for Family and the Handicapped | Isabelle Simonis | PS | |
Secretary of State for Administrative Reform | Vincent Van Quickenborne | VLD |
The 2004 Regional elections saw a fundamental reshuffle to the federal government as various federal ministers joined regional governments after these elections. The federal government after this date is often called Verhofstadt IIbis.