Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Belgium

Heads of State of Belgium

Kingdom of Belgium

King of the Belgians
Leopold I

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1790; d. December 10 1865.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1831 – 1865

Leopold II

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1835; d. December 17 1909.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1865 – 1909

Leopold III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1901; d. September 25 1983.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1934 – 1951

Baudouin

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1930; d. July 31 1993.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1951 – 1993

Albert II

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 6 1934.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1993 – 2013

Philip

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1960.

Spouse: Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d’Udekem d’Acoz (b. January 20 1973), m. 1999.

Issue: (1) Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant (b. October 25 2001); (2) Prince Gabriel of Belgium (b. August 20 2003); (3) Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (b. October 4 2005); (4) Princess Eléonore of Belgium (b. April 16 2008).

Titles of Belgian royalty: Duke of Brabant (1993 – 2013).

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

2013 – present




Heads of Government of Belgium

Kingdom of Belgium

Prime Minister of Belgium
Herman Achille Van Rompuy

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1947.

Christian Democratic and Flemish

2008 – 2009

Alexander De Croo

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1975.

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

2020 – 2025


Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
Alexander De Croo

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1975.

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

2012 – 2020




Brabant

Duchy of Brabant

Duke of Brabant
Philip IV

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1683; d. July 9 1746.

House of Bourbon – Capet

1700 – 1714




Flanders

County of Flanders

Count of Flanders
Philip IV

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1683; d. July 9 1746.

House of Bourbon – Capet

1700 – 1714




Hainaut

County of Hainaut

Count of Hainaut
Philip IV

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1683; d. July 9 1746.

House of Bourbon – Capet

1700 – 1714




Namur

County of Namur

Count of Namur
Philip IV

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1683; d. July 9 1746.

House of Bourbon – Capet

1700 – 1712