Sophie Wilmès
Prime Minister of Belgium from 2019 to 2020 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sophie Wilmès (French pronunciation: [sɔfi wilmɛs]; born 15 January 1975) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2019 to 2020. She later served as minister of foreign affairs from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Reformist Movement, she is the first woman to hold either position.[1]
Sophie Wilmès | |
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Prime Minister of Belgium | |
In office 27 October 2019 – 1 October 2020 | |
Monarch | Philippe |
Deputy | Koen Geens Alexander De Croo Didier Reynders (2019) David Clarinval |
Preceded by | Charles Michel |
Succeeded by | Alexander De Croo |
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1 October 2020 – 14 July 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Alexander De Croo |
Preceded by | Philippe Goffin (Foreign) David Clarinval (Deputy) |
Succeeded by | Hadja Lahbib (Foreign) David Clarinval (Deputy) |
Minister of Budget | |
In office 22 September 2015 – 27 October 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Charles Michel |
Preceded by | Hervé Jamar |
Succeeded by | David Clarinval |
Personal details | |
Born | (1975-01-15) 15 January 1975 (age 49) Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium |
Political party | Reformist Movement |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Parent | Philippe Wilmès (father) |
Education | Saint-Louis University, Brussels IHECS |
Wilmès was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 2014, and served as budget minister in the first and second governments of Charles Michel from 2015 to 2019.[2] In the aftermath of the 2019 Belgian federal election, Philippe of Belgium appointed Wilmès to lead a caretaker government (the Wilmès I Government) before she formed an executive government (the Wilmès II Government) in March 2020 to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
In October 2020, she joined the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo as foreign minister[1] and deputy prime minister.[4]