After its constituent lands had been passed between dynasties and empires for centuries, Belgium was created by a revolution in 1830. Fifteen years earlier, the Congress of Vienna - which redrew Europe after the Napoleonic Wars - had decided to reunite the Northern and Southern Netherlands, regions which had been separated over two hundred years earlier; the result was a new 'Kingdom of the Netherlands'. However, both territories had grown apart during their division, and a growing nationalist movement led to the south declaring its independence as Belgium, on October 4th 1830.
This is a chronological list of Belgium's leading statesmen (Prime Ministers); the dates given are the periods of said office.
1830 - 1831 Charles Rogier
1831 E. L. Baron Surlet de Chokier
1832 - 1834 Charles Rogier (2nd time)
1834 - 1840 Joseph Lebeau
1841 - 1845 Jean Baptiste de Nothomb
1845 - 1846 Sylvain van de Weyer
1847 - 1852 Charles Rogier (3rd time)
1852 - 1855 Henri de Brouckére
1855 - 1857 Pierre Jacques François de Decker
1857 - 1867 Charles Rogier (4th time)
1868 - 1870 Hubert Frére-Orban
1870 - 1871 Jules Joseph d'Anethan
1871 - 1874 B. T. Comte de Theux de Merlandt
1974 - 1878 Comte de Aspremont-Linden
1878 - 1884 Hubert Frére-Orban (2nd time)
1884 Jules Malou
1884 - 1894 Auguste Beernaert
1894 - 1896 Jules P. Marie de Burlet
1896 - 1899 Paul Comte de Smet de Nayer
1899 Julius Vandenpeereboom
1899 - 1907 Paul Comte de Smet de Nayer (2nd time)
1907 Jules de Trooz
1908 - 1911 Frans Schollaert
1911 - 1918 Charles de Broqueville
1918 Gerhard Looreman
1918 - 1920 Leon Delacroix
1920 - 1921 Henri de Carton de Wiart
1921 - 1926 George Theunis
1925 Alois van de Vyvere
1925 - 1926 Prosper Vicomte Poullet
1926 - 1931 Henri Jaspar
1931 - 1923 Jules Reikin
1932 - 1934 Charles de Broqueville (2nd term)
1934 - 1935 George Theunis (2nd term)
1935 - 1937 Paul van Zeeland
1937 - 1938 Paul Emil Janson
1938 - 1939 Paul Henri Spaak
1939 - 1945 Hubert Pierlot
1945 - 1946 Achille van Acker
1946 Paul Henri Spaak (2nd term)
1946 Achille van Acker (2nd term)
1946 - 1947 Camille Huysmans
1947 - 1949 Paul Henri Spaak (3rd term)
1949 - 1950 Gaston Eyskens
1950 Jean Duvieusart
1950 - 1952 Joseph Pholien
1952 - 1954 Jan van Houtte
1954 - 1958 Achille van Acker (3rd term)
1958 - 1961 Gaston Eyskens (2nd term)
1961 - 1965 Théo Levèvre
1965 - 1966 Pierre Harmel
1966 - 1968 Paul Vanden Boyenants
1968 - 1972 Gaston Eyskens (3rd term)
1973 - 1974 Edmond Leburton
1974 - 1978 Leo Tindemans
1978 - 1979 Vanden Boyenants (2nd term)
1979 - 1981 Wilfried Martens
1981 Mark Eyskens
1981 - 1992 Wilfried Martens (2nd term)
1992 - 1999 Jean-Luc Dehaene
1999 - Guy Verhofstadt
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