Alexander De Croo (born 3 November 1975) is a Belgian politician and businessman. He was the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025.
From 2012 to 2020, De Croo worked in the governments of Elio Di Rupo, Charles Michel, and Sophie Wilmès as a deputy prime minister of Belgium.
During his tenure as deputy prime minister he was the Minister of Pensions from 2012 to 2014, as Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium) from 2014 to 2020, and as Minister of Finance (Belgium) from 2018 to 2020.
On 1 October 2020, over a year after the 2019 Belgian federal election , the De Croo Government was formed to replace Wilmès II Government (A minority government) , with De Croo as Prime Minister.[1]
De Croo announced his resignation as prime minister on 9 June 2024 following his party's defeat in the 2024 Belgian federal election .[2]
References
change- ↑ "Regering-De Croo is meest vrouwelijke ooit: tien vrouwen en tien mannen" [De Croo Government is the Most Feminine Ever:Ten Women and Ten Men] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ↑ O'Carroll, Lisa. "Belgium headed for new government as PM set to resign after general election". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2024.