The official office of the Prime Minister is located at 16 Rue de la Loi (Wetstraat in Dutch, or "Law Street" in translation) among many notable Belgian government and European Union buildings in the centre of Brussels and around the Brussels Park. For this reason, the outgoing Prime Minister countersigns the Act of Appointment of the new Prime Minister, and the new Prime Minister countersigns the Act of Resignation of the resigning Prime Minister.

Verhofstadt joined the Flemish socialists and greens and the French-speaking counterparts of these parties in Brussels and Wallonia.

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2. It is expected, though not required, that the Prime Minister be fluent in both French and Dutch. Understanding the federal state; Federal ... Prime Minister's Policy Bodies Rue de la Loi 16 1000 Brussels. [5] In 1830 it was purchased by Prince Eugène of Ligne,[6] and from 1944, the building became state property after which it was furnished to function as a meeting place for the prime minister and his cabinet.

Usually, it is the formateur of the federal government who then becomes Prime Minister.[3]. harv error: no target: CITEREFFormation (, List of Belgian Prime Ministers by political affiliation, List of Belgian Prime Ministers by time in office, Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region, Minister-President of the French Community, Minister-President of the German-speaking Community, Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Wetstraat 16 - virtueel bezoek - de ingang - premier.fgov.be, Wetstraat 16 - virtueel bezoek - de hal - premier.fgov.be, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime_Minister_of_Belgium&oldid=978934001, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

The title of Prime Minister or Premier was used for the first time in 1918 in official documents and it is at this time that the position was assigned to its own cabinet.

News Subscribe to Related Section News All the news. After the consultations, the King appoints an informateur who is in charge of collecting information from the different political parties about their demands for formation of a new government. Recognised by at least one United Nations member.

He usually consults the presidents of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate, the most important political parties, and other people of political and socio-economic importance. Not recognised by any United Nations members. He or she also presides at meetings of the Council of Ministers and manages conflicts of competencies between the ministers. This is a list of Prime Ministers of Belgium by time in office. Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on geographical definition. Since then, coalition governments have been necessary, which has made the task of forming a government by the appointed formateur more difficult. Although leaders of Government (French: Chefs de Cabinet) had been appointed since the independence of the country, until 1918 the king often presided over the Council of Ministers, so the modern era of the "premiership" started after World War I with Léon Delacroix. It functions as the nerve center of Belgian politics. The prime minister of Belgium (Dutch: Eerste minister van België; French: Premier ministre de Belgique; German: Premierminister von Belgien) or the premier of Belgium is the head of the federal government in the Kingdom of Belgium. The day after the federal elections, the incumbent Prime Minister offers the resignation of his government to the King.