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The Federal Government of Belgium ( Dutch: Federale regering, French: Gouvernement fédéral, German: Föderalregierung) exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretary of state ("junior", or deputy-ministers who do not sit in the Council of Ministers) drawn from the political parties which form the ...
Website. www.fed-parl.be. The Federal Parliament ( Dutch: Federaal Parlement; French: Parlement fédéral; German: Föderales Parlament) is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives [ A] and the Senate [ B]. It sits in the Palace of the Nation (Dutch: Paleis der Natie; French: Palais de la Nation; German ...
e. The politics of Belgium take place in the framework of a federal, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy. The King of the Belgians is the head of state, and the prime minister of Belgium is the head of government, in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both ...
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 of Belgium, and the most powerful person in Belgian politics. The first head of government in Belgian history was Henri van der Noot in ...
The Council of Ministers ( French: Conseil des ministres; Dutch: Ministerraad) is the supreme executive organ of the Federal Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. It is a cabinet composed of the Prime Minister, who leads it, and up to fourteen senior ministers. [1] Federal secretaries of state (junior ministers) are members of the government ...
Minister-President; Minister of Urban Renewal, Spatial Development, Safety & Prevention, Tourism, the image of Brussels and bicultural issues of regional importance, Student Affairs and Paying Passenger Transport. Groen. Elke Van den Brandt. Minister of Mobility, Public Works and Road Safety. Ecolo.
Belgium holds the world record for the longest government formation - the longest one took 541 days in 2010-2011. (Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout and Geert De Clercq; Editing by Toby Chopra ...
The Senate ( Dutch: Senaat, [səˈnaːt] ⓘ; French: Sénat, [seˈna]; German: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament. [ 1] Created in 1831 as a chamber fully equal to the Chamber of ...