List of Prime Ministers of Belgium
Chiefs of Government (1831–1918)
Political parties Independent Catholic Party Liberal Party

List of Prime Ministers of Belgium

Section Title: Chiefs of Government (1831–1918)
Table Section Text: Political parties Independent Catholic Party Liberal Party

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office	Political Party	Election	Cabinet	Monarch of Belgium (Reign)

Took Office	Left Office	Days	Name	Composition

-	Étienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache (1785–1871)	27 February 1831	10 March 1831	11	Independent (Confessional)	1830	De Gerlache	–	Vacant

-	Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865)	10 March 1831	24 July 1831	136	Independent (Liberal)	–	Lebeau I	–

-	Felix Amandus, Comte de Muelenaere (1793–1862)	24 July 1831	20 October 1832	454	Independent (Confessional)	1831	De Mûelenaere	–	-

Albert Joseph, Comte Goblet d'Alviella (1790–1873)	20 October 1832	4 August 1834	653	Independent (Liberal)	1833	Goblet d'Alviella— Rogier	–

Barthélemy Théodore, Comte de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	4 August 1834	18 April 1840	2084	Independent (Confessional)	1835 1837 1839	De Theux de Meylandt I	–

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Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865)	18 April 1840	13 April 1841	360	Independent (Liberal)	–	Lebeau II	–

Jean-Baptiste, Baron Nothomb (1805–1881)	13 April 1841	30 July 1845	1569	Independent (Liberal)	1841 1843	Nothomb	–

Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802–1874)	30 July 1845	31 March 1846	244	Independent (Liberal)	1845	Van de Weyer	–

Barthélemy Théodore, Comte de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	31 March 1846	12 August 1847	499	Independent (Confessional)	–	De Theux de Meylandt II	–

Charles Latour Rogier (1800–1885)	12 August 1847	31 October 1852	1907	Liberal Party	1847 1848 1850	Rogier I	Lib.

Jonkheer Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacinthe de Brouckère (1801–1891)	31 October 1852	30 March 1855	880	Liberal Party	1852 1854	De Brouckère	Lib.

Pierre (Pieter) Jacques François de Decker (1812–1891)	30 March 1855	9 November 1857	955	Independent (Confessional)	1855 1856	De Decker	Cath.–Lib.

Charles Latour Rogier (1800–1885)	9 November 1857	3 January 1868	3707	Liberal Party	1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1867	Rogier II	Lib.

-	Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1896)	3 January 1868	2 July 1870	911	Liberal Party	1868	Frère-Orban I	Lib.	-

Jules Joseph, Baron d'Anethan (1803–1888)	2 July 1870	7 December 1871	523	Catholic Party	Jun.1870 Aug.1870	D'Anethan	Cath.

Barthélemy Théodore, Comte de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874)	7 December 1871	21 August 1874 (died in office)	988	Catholic Party	1872 1874	Malou I	Cath.

Jules Édouard Xavier Malou (1810–1886)	21 August 1874	19 June 1878	1398	Catholic Party	1876

Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban (1812–1891)	19 June 1878	16 June 1884	2189	Liberal Party	1878 1880 1882	Frère-Orban II	Lib.

Jules Édouard Xavier Malou (1810–1886)	16 June 1884	26 October 1884	132	Catholic Party	1884	Malou II	Cath.

Auguste Marie François Beernaert (1829–1912)	26 October 1884	26 March 1894	3438	Catholic Party	1886 1888 1890 1892	Beernaert	Cath.

Jules Philippe Marie de Burlet (1844–1897)	26 March 1894	25 February 1896	701	Catholic Party	1894	De Burlet	Cath.

Paul Joseph, Comte de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913)	25 February 1896	24 January 1899	1064	Catholic Party	1896 1898	De Smet de Naeyer I	Cath.

Jules (Julius) Henri Pierre François Vandenpeereboom (1843–1917)	24 January 1899	5 August 1899	193	Catholic Party	–	Vandenpeereboom	Cath.

Paul Joseph, Comte de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913)	5 August 1899	2 May 1907	2826	Catholic Party	1900 1902 1904 1906	De Smet de Naeyer II	Cath.

Jules Henri Ghislain Marie, Baron de Trooz (1857–1907)	2 May 1907	31 December 1907 (died in office)	243	Catholic Party	–	De Trooz	Cath.

François (Frans) Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert (1851–1917)	9 January 1908	17 June 1911	1255	Catholic Party	1908 1910	Schollaert	Cath.

-	Charles Marie Pierre Albert, Comte de Broqueville (1860–1940)	17 June 1911	18 January 1916	2541	Catholic Party	1912 1914	De Broqueville I (in exile, 1914–1918)	Cath.	-

18 January 1916	1 June 1918	–	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB

Gérard (Gerard) François Marie Cooreman (1852–1926)	1 June 1918	21 November 1918	173	Catholic Party	–	Cooreman	Cath.–Lib.–BWP/POB

Sentence(s)

Étienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache became the first Prime Minister of the newly founded Belgian state in 1831.

final_sentence: Étienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache became the first Prime Minister of the newly founded Belgian state in 1831.