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The '''Di Rupo Government''' was the federal [[cabinet of Belgium]] sworn in on 6 December 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20111206_064|title=Regering Di Rupo I legt de eed af|date=6 December 2011|access-date=6 December 2011|work=[[De Standaard]]|language=nl}}</ref> after a record-breaking 541 days of [[2010–2011 Belgian government formation|negotiations]] following the [[Belgian federal election, 2010|June 2010 elections]]. The government included social democrats ([[Socialistische Partij Anders|sp.a]]/[[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]]), Christian democrats ([[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]/[[Centre démocrate humaniste|cdH]]) and liberals ([[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open Vld]]/[[Mouvement Réformateur|MR]]), respectively of the Dutch and French language groups. The government notably excluded the [[New Flemish Alliance]] (N-VA), the Flemish nationalist party which achieved a [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] and became the largest party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15978423|title=Belgium close to governing coalition after 18-month gap|publisher=BBC|date=1 December 2011}}</ref> Its absence, together with the unwillingness of Open Vld to enter into an eight-party coalition that included the green parties, caused the government coalition to lack a majority in the Dutch language group. It was the first time that the Belgian prime minister had been openly gay, as Di Rupo became the world's [[List of the first LGBT holders of political offices|first male openly gay]] [[head of government]] (and second of any gender, after [[Iceland]]'s [[Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Patrick|title=Profile: Belgium's Elio Di Rupo|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15983739|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> [[Elio Di Rupo]] also became the first native French-speaking prime minister since 1979 and the first prime minister from [[Walloons|Wallonia]] since 1974 and first socialist prime minister since 1974.

| [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] || [[Elio Di Rupo]] || style="background-color:{{BE party ccolor cell|PSParti Socialiste (Belgium)}};width:20px;" | || [[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]]

| Deputy Prime Minister – [[Ministry of Defence (Belgium)|Minister of Defence]] || [[Pieter De Crem]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|CD&VChristen-Democratisch en Vlaams}} || CD&V

| Deputy Prime Minister – [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Belgium)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], Foreign Trade and European Affairs || [[Didier Reynders]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|MRMouvement Réformateur}} || [[Mouvement Réformateur|MR]]

| Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy, Consumer Affairs and the North Sea || [[Johan Vande Lanotte]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|sp.aSocialistische Partij Anders}} || [[Socialistische Partij Anders|sp.a]]

| Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Pensions || [[Alexander De Croo]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|Open VldVlaamse Liberalen en Democraten}} || [[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open Vld]]

| Deputy Prime Minister – [[Minister of the Interior (Belgium)|Minister of the Interior]] || [[Melchior Wathelet, Jr.]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|cdHCentre démocrate humaniste}} || [[Centre démocrate humaniste|cdH]]

| Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Social Affairs and Health || [[Laurette Onkelinx]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|PSParti Socialiste (Belgium)}} || PS

| Minister of the Middle Class, [[Small and medium enterprises|SMEs]], Self-employed and [[Minister of Agriculture (Belgium)|Agriculture]] || [[Sabine Laruelle]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|MRMouvement Réformateur}} || MR

| [[Minister of Finance (Belgium)|Minister of Finance]] and Sustainable Development || [[Koen Geens]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|CD&VChristen-Democratisch en Vlaams}} || [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]

| Minister of Public Enterprises and [[Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium)|Development Cooperation]] || {{Interlanguage link multi|Jean-Pascal Labille|fr}} || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|PSParti Socialiste (Belgium)}} || PS

| [[Minister of Justice (Belgium)|Minister of Justice]] || [[Maggie De Block]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|Open VldVlaamse Liberalen en Democraten}} || Open Vld

| [[Minister of Budget (Belgium)|Minister of Budget]] and Administrative Simplification || [[Olivier Chastel]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|MRMouvement Réformateur}} || MR

| Minister of Employment || [[Monica De Coninck]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|sp.aSocialistische Partij Anders}} || sp.a

| Secretary of State for Environment, [[Ministry of Energy (Belgium)|Energy]] and [[Minister of Mobility (Belgium)|Mobility]] || [[Catherine Fonck]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|cdHCentre démocrate humaniste}} || cdH

| Secretary of State for Institutional Reform || {{Interlanguage link multi|Servais Verherstraeten|nl}} || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|CD&VChristen-Democratisch en Vlaams}} || CD&V

| Secretary of State for Civil Service and Modernisation of Public Services || [[Hendrik Bogaert]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|CD&VChristen-Democratisch en Vlaams}} || CD&V

| Secretary of State for Combating Fraud || [[John Crombez]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|SP.aSocialistische Partij Anders}} || SP.a

| Secretary of State for Social Affairs || [[Philippe Courard]] || {{BE party c/tcolor cell|PSParti Socialiste (Belgium)}} || PS

Following the [[Belgian local elections, 2012|2012 Belgian provincial and municipal elections]], ministers [[Paul Magnette]] (PS) and [[Vincent Van Quickenborne]] (Open VLD) were both elected as mayor, of [[Charleroi]] and [[Kortrijk]] respectively. As a result, Van Quickenborne resigned on 17 October 2012 and was replaced as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Pensions by [[Alexander De Croo]] (Open VLD), who took the oath of office on 22 October 2012. Magnette remained in his position as Minister of Public Enterprises, Scientific Policy and Development Cooperation until 17 January 2013, when he formally resigned and his successor [[Jean-Pascal Labille]] (PS) became Minister of Public Enterprises and Development Cooperation. Secretary of state {{Interlanguage link multi|[[Philippe Courard|fr}}]] (PS) took over the competence of Scientific Policy from Magnette.