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{{short description|Belgium cabinet of 2011–2014}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = Di Rupo Government
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|government_head = [[Elio Di Rupo]]
|government_head_history =
|deputy_government_head = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1=[[Pieter De Crem]] <small>(Defence)</small><br/>[[Didier Reynders]] <small>(Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs)</small><br/>[[Johan Vande Lanotte]] <small>(Economy, Consumer Affairs and the North Sea)</small><br/>[[Alexander De Croo]] <small>(Pensions)</small><br/>[[Joëlle Milquet]] <small>(Interior)</small><br/>[[Laurette Onkelinx]] <small>(Social Affairs and Health)</small>}}
|state_head = [[Albert II of Belgium]]<br/>[[Philippe of Belgium]]
|current_number =
|former_members_number =
|total_number =
|political_party = [[Socialistische Partij Anders|
|legislature_status = Coalition
|election = [[Belgian federal election, 2010|2010]]
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|outgoing_formation = [[2014 Belgian government formation]]
|previous = [[Leterme II Government|Leterme II]]
|successor = [[Michel I Government|Michel]]
}}
▲{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2011}}
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|accessdate=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 includes 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=http://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 after [[Iceland]]'s [[Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Patrick|title=Profile: Belgium's Elio Di Rupo|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15983739|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref> [[Elio Di Rupo]] became the first native French-speaking prime minister since 1979 and the first prime minister from [[Walloons|Wallonia]] since 1974.▼
▲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|
The negotiations aimed to put an end to the [[2007–2011 Belgian political crisis]] and included a [[Sixth Belgian state reform|sixth state reform]], including the partition of the electoral and judicial arrondissement of [[Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde]] and the transfer of new powers from the federal level to the regions. Because a state reform requires a two-third majority, the [[green politics|green]] parties ([[Groen (political party)|Groen]]/[[Ecolo]]) participated in these negotiations but were not part of the government coalition.▼
▲The negotiations aimed to put an end to the [[2007–2011 Belgian political crisis]] and included a [[Sixth Belgian state reform|sixth state reform]], including the partition of the electoral and judicial arrondissement of [[Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde]] and the transfer of new powers from the federal level to the regions. Because a state reform requires a two-
==Formation==
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On 26 November 2011, the six remaining parties agreed on the national budget and agreed to the coalition on 3 December.
After more than 19 hours of negotiation, the parties involved came to an agreement on the allocation of ministries on 5 December 2011.<ref>{{
[[File:Coalitiezetels-DiRupoI.png|thumb|Government coalition]]
==Composition==
{| class="toccolours" style="margin-bottom: 1em
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! Minister !! Name !! colspan="
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| [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] || [[Elio Di Rupo]] ||
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| Deputy Prime Minister – [[Ministry of Defence (Belgium)|Minister of Defence]] || [[Pieter De Crem]] || {{
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| Deputy Prime Minister – [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Belgium)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], Foreign Trade and European Affairs || [[Didier Reynders]] || {{
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| Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy, Consumer Affairs and the North Sea || [[Johan Vande Lanotte]] || {{
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| Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Pensions || [[Alexander De Croo]] || {{
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| Deputy Prime Minister – [[Minister of the Interior (Belgium)|Minister of the Interior]] || [[Melchior Wathelet, Jr.]] || {{
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| Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Social Affairs and Health || [[Laurette Onkelinx]] || {{
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| Minister of the Middle Class, [[Small and medium enterprises|SMEs]], Self-employed and [[Minister of Agriculture (Belgium)|Agriculture]] || [[Sabine Laruelle]] || {{
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| Minister of Public Enterprises and [[Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium)|Development Cooperation]] || {{
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| [[Minister of Justice (Belgium)|Minister of Justice]] || [[Maggie De Block]] || {{
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| [[Minister of Budget (Belgium)|Minister of Budget]] and Administrative Simplification || [[Olivier Chastel]] || {{
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| Minister of Employment || [[Monica De Coninck]] || {{
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! Secretary of State !! Name !! colspan="
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| Secretary of State for Environment, [[Ministry of Energy (Belgium)|Energy]] and [[Minister of Mobility (Belgium)|Mobility]] ||
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| Secretary of State for Institutional Reform || {{
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| Secretary of State for Civil Service and Modernisation of Public Services || [[Hendrik Bogaert]] || {{
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| Secretary of State for Combating Fraud || [[John Crombez]] || {{
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| Secretary of State for Social Affairs || [[Philippe Courard]] || {{
|}
===Changes in composition===
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
On 5 March 2013 [[Steven Vanackere]] (CD&V) resigned as Deputy-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance after he was accused of lying to parliament about his knowledge regarding the financial agreements between the Algemeen Christelijk Werknemersverbond and [[Belfius]]. He was succeeded as Deputy Prime minister by Minister of Defense [[Pieter De Crem]] (CD&V) and as Minister of Finance by [[Koen Geens]] (CD&V).
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On 12 September 2014 Philippe Courard (PS) resigned as Secretary of State for Social Affairs, Families, Disabled Persons and Scientific Policy in order to become leader of the PS faction in the Walloon Parliament. His competences were taken over by Minister [[Laurette Onkelinx]] (PS).
On 16 September 2014
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