Alexander De Croo

Prime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025

Alexander De Croo (born 3 November 1975) is a Belgian politician and businessman. He was the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025.


Alexander De Croo
De Croo in November 2024
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office
1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025
MonarchPhilippe
DeputyVincent Van Peteghem [en]
Georges Gilkinet [en]
Petra De Sutter [en]
Sophie Wilmès
Vincent Van Quickenborne [en]
Pierre-Yves Dermagne [en]
Frank Vandenbroucke (politician) [en]
Preceded bySophie Wilmès
Succeeded byBart De Wever
Minister of Finance
In office
9 December 2018 – 1 October 2020
Prime MinisterCharles Michel
Sophie Wilmès
Preceded byJohan Van Overtveldt [en]
Succeeded byVincent Van Peteghem [en]
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
In office
22 October 2012 – 1 October 2020
Prime MinisterElio Di Rupo
Charles Michel
Sophie Wilmès
Preceded byVincent Van Quickenborne [en]
Succeeded byVincent Van Peteghem [en]
Georges Gilkinet [en]
Petra De Sutter [en]
Sophie Wilmès
Vincent Van Quickenborne [en]
Pierre-Yves Dermagne [en]
Frank Vandenbroucke (politician) [en]
Minister of Pensions
In office
22 October 2012 – 11 October 2014
Prime MinisterElio Di Rupo
Preceded byVincent Van Quickenborne [en]
Succeeded byDaniel Bacquelaine [en]
Leader of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats [en]
In office
12 December 2009 – 22 October 2012
DeputyVincent Van Quickenborne [en]
Patricia Ceysens [nl]
Preceded byGuy Verhofstadt (Acting)
Succeeded byGuy Verhofstadt (Acting)
Minister of Development Cooperation
In office
11 October 2014 – 1 October 2020
Prime MinisterCharles Michel
Sophie Wilmès
Preceded byJean-Pascal Labille [fr]
Personal details
Born (1975-11-03) 3 November 1975 (age 49)
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Political partyOpen Flemish Liberals and Democrats [en] (Open Vld)
Spouse(s)Annik Penders
Children2
Alma materVrije Universiteit Brussel
(BSc)

Northwestern University
(MBA)
WebsitePersonal site

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) [en] from 2014 to 2020, and as Minister of Finance (Belgium) [en] from 2018 to 2020.

On 1 October 2020, over a year after the 2019 Belgian federal election [en], the De Croo Government [en] was formed to replace Wilmès II Government [en] (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 [en].[2]

References

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  1. "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.
  2. O'Carroll, Lisa. "Belgium headed for new government as PM set to resign after general election". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2024.