Our new federal Belgian government was sworn in on Monday morning (3 February) by King Philippe. The 15-member cabinet consists of new Prime Minister Bart De Wever, five deputy prime ministers and nine ministers. The full cabinet, with King Philippe in the centre, is pictured below. (Image credit: Belga / Jasper Jacobs).

The government is formed from five parties across the political spectrum right to left (N-VA, CD&V, MR, Les Engages and Vooruit) and is split roughly 50:50 on the French/ Dutch language dimension.

Details of ministerial names, responsibilities and portfolios are given below.

• Bart De Wever (N-VA), Prime minister

• Jan Jambon (N-VA), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Combating Fiscal Fraud, Pensions, National Lottery and Cultural Institutions
• David Clarinval (MR), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Works, Economy and Agriculture
• Maxime Prévot (Les Engagés), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation
• Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Health and Social Affairs
• Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Budget and Administrative Simplification

• Theo Francken (N-VA), Minister of Defence and Foreign Trade
• Anneleen Van Bossuyt (N-VA), Minister of Asylum and Migration, Social Integration and Metropolitan Areas
• Bernard Quintin (MR), Minister of the Interior, also responsible for Beliris
• Eléonore Simonet (MR), Minister for the Self-employed and SMEs.
• Mathieu Bihet (MR), Minister for Energy
• Jean-Luc Crucke (Les Engagés), Minister of Mobility, Climate and Ecological Transition
• Vanessa Matz (Les Engagés), Minister of Public Enterprises, Régie des Bâtiments, Civil Service, Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence and Privacy
• Rob Beenders (Vooruit), Minister of Consumer Affairs, Social Fraud and Equal Opportunities
• Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), Minister of Justice and North Sea