Alexander De Croo
Alexander De Croo (born 3 November 1975) is a Belgian politician and businessman. He was the Prime Minister of Belgium since October 2020.
Alexander De Croo | |
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_(cropped).jpg) De Croo in November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
| Monarch | Philippe |
| Deputy | Vincent Van Peteghem Georges Gilkinet Petra De Sutter Sophie Wilmès Vincent Van Quickenborne Pierre-Yves Dermagne Frank Vandenbroucke |
| Preceded by | Sophie Wilmès |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 9 December 2018 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Johan Van Overtveldt |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Van Peteghem |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| In office 22 October 2012 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Elio Di Rupo Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Vincent Van Quickenborne |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Van Peteghem Georges Gilkinet Petra De Sutter Sophie Wilmès Vincent Van Quickenborne Pierre-Yves Dermagne Frank Vandenbroucke |
| Minister of Pensions | |
| In office 22 October 2012 – 11 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Elio Di Rupo |
| Preceded by | Vincent Van Quickenborne |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Bacquelaine |
| Leader of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | |
| In office 12 December 2009 – 22 October 2012 | |
| Deputy | Vincent Van Quickenborne Patricia Ceysens |
| Preceded by | Guy Verhofstadt (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Guy Verhofstadt (Acting) |
| Minister of Development Cooperation | |
| In office 11 October 2014 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pascal Labille |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1975 Vilvoorde, Belgium |
| Political party | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) |
| Spouse(s) | Annik Penders |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BSc) Northwestern University (MBA) |
| Website | Personal 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 from 2014 to 2020, and as Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2020.
On 1 October 2020, over a year after the 2019 federal elections, the De Croo Government was formed to replace Wilmès' minority government, with De Croo as Prime Minister.[1]
Alexander De Croo Media
De Croo with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Jerusalem, Israel, 23 November 2023
De Croo with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and French President Emmanuel Macron in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2 December 2023
De Croo with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 February 2024
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References
- ↑ (in Dutch) Regering-De Croo is meest vrouwelijke ooit: tien vrouwen en tien mannen. Het Nieuwsblad. 1 October 2020. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20201001_94453915. Retrieved 2 October 2020.