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Minister of Justice (Belgium)


The minister of justice of Belgium is responsible for the Federal Public Service Justice.

List of ministers

1831–1899

  • 1831 Alexandre Gendebien (liberal)
  • 1831 Antoine Barthélémy (liberal)
  • 1831–1832 Jean Raikem (Catholic)
  • 1832–1834 Joseph Lebeau (liberal)
  • 1834–1839 Antoine Ernst (liberal)
  • 1839 Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (liberal)
  • 1839–1840 Jean Raikem (Catholic)
  • 1840–1841 Mathieu Leclercq (liberal)
  • 1841–1842 Guillaume Van Volxem (liberal)
  • 1842–1843 Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (liberal)
  • 1843–1847 Jules Joseph d'Anethan (Catholic)
  • 1847–1850 François-Philippe de Haussy (liberal)
  • 1850–1852 Victor Tesch (liberal)
  • 1852–1855 Charles Faider (liberal)
  • 1855–1857 Alphonse Nothomb (Katholiek
  • 1857–1865 Victor Tesch (liberal)
  • 1865–1870 Jules Bara (liberal)
  • 1870–1871 Prosper Cornesse (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1871–1878 Théophile de Lantsheere (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1878–1884 Jules Bara (liberal)
  • 1884 Charles Woeste (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1884–1887 Joseph Devolder (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1887–1894 Jules Le Jeune (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1894–1899 Victor Begerem (Katholieke Partij)

1900–1999

  • 1899–1907 Jules Van den Heuvel (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1907–1908 Jules Renkin (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1908–1911 Léon de Lantsheere (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1911–1918 Henri Carton de Wiart (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1918–1921 Emile Vandervelde (BWP)
  • 1921 Aloys Van de Vyvere (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1921–1925 Fulgence Masson (liberal)
  • 1925 Léon Théodor (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1925 Paul Tschoffen (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1925–1926 Prosper Poullet (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1926–1927 Paul Hymans (liberal)
  • 1927–1931 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
  • 1931–1932 Fernand Cocq (liberal)
  • 1932–1934 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
  • 1934–1935 François Bovesse (liberal)
  • 1935–1936 Eugène Soudan (POB)
  • 1936–1937 François Bovesse (liberal)
  • 1937 Hubert Pierlot (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1937 Victor de Laveleye (liberal)
  • 1937 Victor Maistriau (liberal)
  • 1937–1938 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1938–1939 Joseph Pholien (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1939 Émile, Baron van Dievoet (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1939 August de Schryver (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1939 Eugène Soudan POB)
  • 1939 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
  • 1939–1940 Eugène Soudan POB)
  • 1940 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
  • 1940–1942 Albert de Vleeschauwer (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1942–1944 Antoine Delfosse (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1944–1945 Maurice Verbaet (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1945 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (Katholieke Partij)
  • 1945–1946 Marcel Grégoire (UDB)
  • 1946 Henri Rolin (PSB)
  • 1946 Adolphe Van Glabbeke (liberal)
  • 1946–1947 Albert Lilar (liberal)
  • 1947–1948 Paul Struye (PSC)
  • 1948–1949 Henri Moreau de Melen (PSC)
  • 1949–1950 Albert Lilar (liberal)
  • 1950 Henri Carton de Wiart (PSC)
  • 1950–1952 Ludovic Moyersoen (CVP)
  • 1952 Joseph Pholien (PSC)
  • 1952 Léonce Lagae (CVP)
  • 1952–1954 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (PSC)
  • 1954–1958 Albert Lilar (liberal)
  • 1958 Pierre Harmel (PSC)
  • 1958–1960 Laurent Merchiers (liberal)
  • 1960–1961 Albert Lilar (liberal)
  • 1961–1965 Piet Vermeylen (BSP)
  • 1965–1968 Pierre Wigny (PSC)
  • 1968–1973 Alfons Vranckx (BSP)
  • 1973–1977 Herman Vanderpoorten (PVV)
  • 1977–1980 Renaat Van Elslande (CVP)
  • 1980 Herman Vanderpoorten (PVV)
  • 1980–1981 Philippe Moureaux (PSB)
  • 1981–1988 Jean Gol (PRL)
    • 1985–1988 Georges Mundeleer (PRL) (state secretary)
  • 1988–1995 Melchior Wathelet (PSC)
  • 1995–1998 Stefaan De Clerck (CVP)
  • 1998–1999 Tony Van Parys (CVP)

2000–

PortraitName
(Born–Died)Term of officePolitical partyGovernmentPrime MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in office
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}"Marc Verwilghen
(born 1952)12 July 199911 July 2003Open Flemish Liberals and DemocratsVerhofstadt IGuy Verhofstadt
(Open VLD)
Socialist Party (Belgium)}}"60pxLaurette Onkelinx
(born 1958)11 July 200321 December 2007Socialist PartyVerhofstadt II
Verhofstadt III
Christian Democratic and Flemish}}"[[File:Jo vandeurzen-1540047032.jpg60px]]Jo Vandeurzen
(born 1958)21 December 200722 December 2008Christian Democratic and FlemishLeterme IYves Leterme
(CD&V)
[[File:Stefaan De Clerck (politician) cropped.jpg60px]]Stefaan De Clerck
(born 1951)30 December 20086 December 2011Van RompuyHerman Van Rompuy
(CD&V)
Leterme IIYves Leterme
(CD&V)
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}"[[File:ProfilePictureTurtelboom.jpg60px]]Annemie Turtelboom
(born 1967)6 December 201125 July 2014Open Flemish Liberals and DemocratsDi RupoElio Di Rupo
(PS)
[[File:Maggie De Block 2016.jpg60px]]Maggie De Block
(born 1962)25 July 201411 October 2014
Christian Democratic and Flemish}}"[[File:Koen Geens Portrait.jpg60px]]Koen Geens
(born 1958)11 October 20141 October 2020Christian Democratic and FlemishMichel ICharles Michel
(MR)
Michel II
Wilmès ISophie Wilmès
(MR)
Wilmès II
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}"[[File:Vincent Van Quickenborne - Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011 (cropped).jpg60px]]Vincent Van Quickenborne
(born 1973)1 October 202020 October 2023Open Flemish Liberals and DemocratsVivaldiAlexander De Croo
(Open VLD)
[[File:Van Tigchelt 2024.jpg60px]]Paul Van Tigchelt
(born 1973)22 October 20233 February 2025
Christian Democratic and Flemish}}"[[File:Annelies_Verlinden,_January_2024.jpg60px]]Annelies Verlinden
(born 1978)3 February 2025presentChristian Democratic and FlemishDe WeverBart De Wever
(N-VA)
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