Bart De Wever

Bart De Wever
Bart De Wever
	De Wever in 2025
Prime Minister of Belgium
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 February 2025
Monarch	Philippe
Deputy	See list Jan Jambon; David Clarinval; Maxime Prévot; Frank Vandenbroucke; Vincent Van Peteghem;
Preceded by	Alexander De Croo
Mayor of Antwerp
	In office; 1 January 2013 – 3 February 2025
Preceded by	Patrick Janssens
Succeeded by	Els van Doesburg (acting)
President of the New Flemish Alliance
	In office; 24 October 2004 – 3 February 2025
Preceded by	Geert Bourgeois
Succeeded by	Steven Vandeput (acting)
Constituency	In office; 10 July 2024 – 3 February 2025
Other positions
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
	In office; 10 July 2024 – 3 February 2025
Constituency	Antwerp
	In office; 19 June 2014 – 25 April 2019
Constituency	Antwerp
	In office; 28 June 2007 – 30 June 2009
Constituency	Antwerp
Member of the Flemish Parliament
	In office; 18 June 2019 – 8 June 2024
Constituency	Antwerp
	In office; 6 July 2004 – 28 June 2007
Constituency	Antwerp
Member of the Senate
	In office; 6 July 2010 – 9 January 2013
Appointed by	Flemish Parliament
Succeeded by	Wilfried Vandaele
Personal details
Born	Bart Albert Liliane De Wever; 21 December 1970 (age 54); Mortsel, Belgium
Political party	New Flemish Alliance
Other political; affiliations	People's Union (until 2001)
Spouse	Veerle Hegge
Children	4
Residence	Deurne, Belgium
Alma mater	KU Leuven
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Bart Albert Liliane De Wever (Dutch: [ˈbɑrt də ˈʋeːvər]; born 21 December 1970) is a Belgian author, historian and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Belgium since February 2025. From 2004 to 2025, De Wever had been the leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), a political party advocating for the transformation of Belgium into a confederal state. From January 2013 to February 2025, he was Mayor of Antwerp, following the 2012 municipal elections.

De Wever presided over his party's victory in the 2010 federal elections when N-VA became the largest party in both Flanders and in Belgium as a whole. He accomplished this again in the subsequent three elections, eventually being tasked with forming a new government by King Philippe following the 2024 elections.

After more than eight months of negotiations between the parties N-VA, Vooruit, CD&V, MR and Les Engagés, it was announced on 31 January 2025 that an agreement had been reached, with De Wever becoming the prime minister-designate. On 3 February 2025, De Wever took the oath of office, becoming the first Flemish nationalist politician to hold the office of prime minister of Belgium.