List of Belgian prime ministers by time in office explained

This is a list of prime ministers of Belgium by time in office.

Rank by time in office

Affiliation

	Rank	Prime Minister	Image	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office (term)	Time in office (total)
	1	Charles Rogier		12 August 1847	31 October 1852		15 years, 135 days
				9 November 1857	3 January 1868
	2	Wilfried Martens		3 April 1979	31 March 1981		12 years, 78 days
				17 December 1981	7 March 1992
	3	Paul de Smet de Naeyer		25 February 1896	24 January 1899		10 years, 238 days
				5 August 1899	2 May 1907
	4	Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt		4 August 1834	18 April 1840		9 years, 283 days
				31 March 1846	12 August 1847
				7 December 1871	21 August 1874
	5	Auguste Beernaert		26 October 1884	26 March 1894
	6	Charles de Broqueville		17 June 1911	1 June 1918		9 years, 13 days
				22 October 1932	20 November 1934
	7	Guy Verhofstadt		12 July 1999	20 March 2008
	8	Walthère Frère-Orban		3 January 1868	2 July 1870		8 years, 178 days
				19 June 1878	16 June 1884
	9	Gaston Eyskens		11 August 1949	8 June 1950	days	8 years, 67 days
				26 June 1958	25 April 1961
				17 July 1968	26 January 1973
	10	Jean-Luc Dehaene		7 March 1992	12 July 1999
	11	Hubert Pierlot		22 February 1939	12 February 1945
	12	Achille Van Acker		12 February 1945	13 March 1946		5 years, 218 days
				31 March 1946	3 August 1946	days
				23 April 1954	26 June 1958
	13	Henri Jaspar		20 May 1926	6 June 1931
	14	Charles Michel		11 October 2014	27 October 2019
	15	Leo Tindemans		25 April 1974	20 October 1978
	16	Jean-Baptiste Nothomb		13 April 1841	30 July 1845
	17	Théo Lefèvre		25 April 1961	28 July 1965
	18	Jules Malou		21 August 1874	19 June 1878		4 years, 69 days
				16 June 1884	26 October 1884	days
	19	Alexander De Croo		1 October 2020	–		^[1]
	20	Georges Theunis		16 December 1921	13 May 1925		3 years, 273 days
				20 November 1934	25 March 1935	days
	21	Frans Schollaert		9 January 1908	17 June 1911
	22	Paul-Henri Spaak		15 May 1938	22 February 1939	days	3 years, 80 days
				13 March 1946	31 March 1946	days
				20 March 1947	11 August 1949
	23	Elio Di Rupo		6 December 2011	11 October 2014
	24	Yves Leterme		20 March 2008	30 December 2008	days	2 years, 296 days
				25 November 2009	6 December 2011
	25	Paul Vanden Boeynants		19 March 1966	17 July 1968		2 years, 285 days
				20 October 1978	3 April 1979	days
	26	Paul van Zeeland		25 March 1935	24 November 1937
	27	Pierre de Decker		30 March 1855	9 November 1857
	28	Henri de Brouckère		31 October 1852	30 March 1855
	29	Jean Van Houtte		15 January 1952	23 April 1954
	30	Léon Delacroix		21 November 1918	20 November 1920
	31	Jules de Burlet		26 March 1894	25 February 1896
	32	Albert Goblet d'Alviella		20 October 1832	4 August 1834
	33	Jules d'Anethan		2 July 1870	7 December 1871
	34	Joseph Pholien		16 August 1950	15 January 1952
	35	Jules Renkin		6 June 1931	22 October 1932
	36	Joseph Lebeau		28 March 1831	21 July 1831	days	1 year, 110 days
				18 April 1840	13 April 1841	days
	37	Edmond Leburton		26 January 1973	25 April 1974
	38	Félix de Muelenaere		24 July 1831	20 October 1832
	39	Henri Carton de Wiart		20 November 1920	16 December 1921
	40	Sophie Wilmès		27 October 2019	1 October 2020
	41	Prosper Poullet		17 June 1925	20 May 1926		days
	42	Herman Van Rompuy		30 December 2008	25 November 2009		days
	43	Mark Eyskens		31 March 1981	17 December 1981		days
	44	Sylvain Van de Weyer		30 July 1845	31 March 1846		days
	45	Jules de Trooz		2 May 1907	31 December 1907		days
	46	Pierre Harmel		28 July 1965	19 March 1966		days
	47	Camille Huysmans		3 August 1946	20 March 1947		days
	48	Jules Vandenpeereboom		24 January 1899	5 August 1899		days
	49	Gérard Cooreman		1 June 1918	21 November 1918		days
	50	Paul-Émile Janson		24 November 1937	15 May 1938		days
	51	Jean Duvieusart		8 June 1950	16 August 1950		days
	52	Aloys Van de Vyvere		13 May 1925	17 June 1925		days
	53	Étienne de Gerlache		27 February 1831	10 March 1831		days

See also

• Prime Minister of Belgium
• List of Belgian prime ministers by political affiliation
• Politics of Belgium

Notes and References

1. As of