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The following is a list of those who have served as '''foreign ministers of [[Belgium]]'''.

==1800s==
{| width=90% class="wikitable"
! width=10% | Name
! width=6% | Date of birth
! width=6% | Date of death
! width=6% | Office Entered
! width=6% | Office Left
! width=3% | Party
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Sylvain Van de Weyer]]'''
| align="center"| 19 January 1802
| align="center"| 23 May 1874
| align="center"| 1831
| align="center"| 1831
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#33CCFF" | [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Joseph Lebeau]]'''
| align="center"| 3 January 1794
| align="center"| 19 March 1865
| align="center"| 1831
| align="center"| 1831
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Felix de Muelenaere]]'''
| align="center"| 5 April 1793
| align="center"| 5 August 1862
| align="center"| 1831
| align="center"| 1831
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|PC]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella]]'''
| align="center"| 26 May 1790
| align="center"| 5 May 1873
| align="center"| 1831
| align="center"| 1834
| align="center" align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Felix de Muelenaere]]'''
| align="center"| 5 April 1793
| align="center"| 5 August 1862
| align="center"| 1834
| align="center"| 1836
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC33" | [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|PC]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]]'''
| align="center"| 26 February 1794
| align="center"| 21 August 1874
| align="center"| 1836
| align="center"| 1840
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Joseph Lebeau]]'''
| align="center"| 3 January 1794
| align="center"| 19 March 1865
| align="center"| 1840
| align="center"| 1841
| align="center" align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Camille de Briey]]'''
| align="center"| 27 June 1799
| align="center"| 3 June 1877
| align="center"| 1841
| align="center"| 1843
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC33" | [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|PC]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Felix de Muelenaere]]'''
| align="center"| 5 April 1793
| align="center"| 5 August 1862
| align="center"| 1843
| align="center"| 1845
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Adolphe Dechamps]]'''
| align="center"| 18 June 1807
| align="center"| 19 July 1875
| align="center"| 1845
| align="center"| 1847
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Constant d'Hoffschmidt]]'''
| align="center"| 7 March 1804
| align="center"| 14 February 1873
| align="center"| 1847
| align="center"| 1852
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#33CCFF" | [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Henri de Brouckère]]'''
| align="center"| 25 January 1801
| align="center"| 25 January 1891
| align="center"| 1852
| align="center"| 1855
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Charles Vilain XIIII]]'''
| align="center"| 15 May 1803
| align="center"| 16 November 1878
| align="center"| 1855
| align="center"| 1857
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|PC]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Adolphe de Vrière]]'''
| align="center"| 9 April 1806
| align="center"| 16 July 1885
| align="center"| 1857
| align="center"| 1861
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#33CCFF" | [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Charles Rogier]]'''
| align="center"| 17 August 1800
| align="center"| 27 May 1885
| align="center"| 1861
| align="center"| 1867
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Jules Vander Stichelen]]'''
| align="center"| 18 September 1822
| align="center"| 19 July 1880
| align="center"| 1868
| align="center"| 1870
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Jules d'Anethan]]'''
| align="center"| 23 April 1803
| align="center"| 8 October 1888
| align="center"| 1870
| align="center"| 1871
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC33" | [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|PC]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Guillaume d'Aspremont Lynden]]'''
| align="center"| 14 October 1815
| align="center"| 6 September 1889
| align="center"| 1871
| align="center"| 1878
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Walthère Frère-Orban]]'''
| align="center"| 24 April 1812
| align="center"| 1 January 1896
| align="center"| 1878
| align="center"| 1884
| align="center" align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Alphonse de Moreau]]'''
| align="center"| 8 March 1840
| align="center"| 2 August 1911
| align="center"| 1884
| align="center"| 1884
| rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC33" | [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|PC]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (1836–1892)|Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay]]'''
| align="center"| 9 October 1836
| align="center"| 29 March 1892
| align="center"| 1884
| align="center"| 1892
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Henri de Mérode-Westerloo]]'''
| align="center"| 28 December 1858
| align="center"| 13 July 1908
| align="center"| 1892
| align="center"| 1895
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Jules de Burlet]]'''
| align="center"| 10 April 1844
| align="center"| 1 March 1897
| align="center"| 1895
| align="center"| 1896
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Paul de Favereau]]'''
| align="center"| 15 January 1856
| align="center"| 26 September 1922
| align="center"| 1896
| align="center"| 1907
|}

==1900s==
{| width=90% class="wikitable"
! width=10% | Name
! width=6% | Date of birth
! width=6% | Date of death
! width=6% | Office Entered
! width=6% | Office Left
! width=3% | Party
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Julien Davignon]]'''
| align="center"| 3 December 1854
| align="center"| 12 March 1916
| align="center"| 1907
| align="center"| 1916
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC33" | [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|PSC-CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Family Beyens|Eugène Beyens]]'''
| align="center"| 24 March 1855
| align="center"| 3 January 1934
| align="center"| 1916
| align="center"| 1917
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Charles de Broqueville]]'''
| align="center"| 4 December 1860
| align="center"| 5 September 1940
| align="center"| 1917
| align="center"| 1918
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Paul Hymans]]'''
| align="center"| 23 March 1865
| align="center"| 8 March 1941
| align="center"| 1918
| align="center"| 1920
| align="center" align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Henri Jaspar]]'''
| align="center"| 28 July 1870
| align="center"| 15 February 1939
| align="center"| 1920
| align="center"| 1924
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|PSC-CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''Paul Hymans'''
| align="center"| 23 March 1865
| align="center"| 8 March 1941
| align="center"| 1924
| align="center"| 1925
| align="center" align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Emile Vandervelde]]'''
| align="center"| 25 January 1866
| align="center"| 27 December 1938
| align="center"| 1925
| align="center"| 1927
| align="center" bgcolor=#FF3333| [[Belgian Labour Party|BWP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''Paul Hymans'''
| align="center"| 23 March 1865
| align="center"| 8 March 1941
| align="center"| 1927
| align="center"| 1934
| align="center" align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Henri Jaspar]]'''
| align="center"| 28 July 1870
| align="center"| 15 February 1939
| align="center"| 1934
| align="center"| 1934
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|PSC-CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''Paul Hymans'''
| align="center"| 23 March 1865
| align="center"| 8 March 1941
| align="center"| 1934
| align="center"| 1935
| align="center" align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|LP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Paul Van Zeeland]]'''
| align="center"| 11 November 1893
| align="center"| 22 September 1973
| align="center"| 1935
| align="center"| 1936
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|PSC-CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Paul-Henri Spaak]]'''
| align="center"| 25 January 1899
| align="center"| 31 July 1972
| align="center"| 1939
| align="center"| 1949
| align="center" bgcolor=#FF3333| [[Belgian Socialist Party|PSB-BSP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''Paul Van Zeeland'''
| align="center"| 11 November 1893
| align="center"| 22 September 1973
| align="center"| 1949
| align="center"| 1954
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|PSC-CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''Paul-Henri Spaak'''
| align="center"| 25 January 1899
| align="center"| 31 July 1972
| align="center"| 1954
| align="center"| 1957
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FF3333" | [[Belgian Socialist Party|PSB-BSP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Victor Larock]]'''
| align="center"| 6 October 1904
| align="center"| 24 April 1977
| align="center"| 1957
| align="center"| 1958
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Pierre Wigny]]'''
| align="center"| 18 April 1905
| align="center"| 21 September 1986
| align="center"| 1958
| align="center"| 1961
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|PSC-CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''Paul-Henri Spaak'''
| align="center"| 25 January 1899
| align="center"| 31 July 1972
| align="center"| 1961
| align="center"| 1966
| align="center" bgcolor=#FF3333| [[Belgian Socialist Party|PSB-BSP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Pierre Harmel]]'''
| align="center"| 16 March 1911
| align="center"| 15 November 2009
| align="center"| 1966
| align="center"| 1973
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|PSC-CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Renaat Van Elslande]]'''
| align="center"| 21 January 1916
| align="center"| 21 December 2000
| align="center"| 1973
| align="center"| 1977
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Henri Simonet]]'''
| align="center"| 10 May 1931
| align="center"| 15 February 1996
| align="center"| 1977
| align="center"| 1980
| align="center" bgcolor=#FF3333| [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|PS]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb]]'''
| align="center"| 3 May 1936
| align="center"| 19 April 2023
| align="center"| 1980
| align="center"| 1981
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFCC33| [[Centre démocrate humaniste|PSC]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Leo Tindemans]]'''
| align="center"| 16 April 1922
| align="center"| 26 December 2014
| align="center"| 1981
| align="center"| 1989
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC33" | [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CVP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Mark Eyskens]]'''
| align="center"| 29 April 1933
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 1989
| align="center"| 1992
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Willy Claes]]'''
| align="center"| 24 November 1938
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 1992
| align="center"| 1994
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FF3333" | [[Socialistische Partij Anders|SP]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Frank Vandenbroucke (politician)|Frank Vandenbroucke]]'''
| align="center"| 21 October 1955
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 10 October 1994
| align="center"| 22 March 1995
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Erik Derycke (politician)|Erik Derycke]]'''
| align="center"| 28 October 1949
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 22 March 1995
| align="center"| 12 July 1999
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Louis Michel]]'''
| align="center"| 2 September 1947
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 12 July 1999
| align="center"| 18 July 2004
| align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium)|PRL, MR]]
|}

==2000s==
{| width=90% class="wikitable"
! width=10% | Name
! width=6% | Date of birth
! width=6% | Date of death
! width=6% | Office Entered
! width=6% | Office Left
! width=3% | Party
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Karel De Gucht]]'''
| align="center"| 27 January 1954
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 18 July 2004
| align="center"| 17 July 2009
| align="center" bgcolor=#33CCFF| [[Flemish Liberals and Democrats|VLD]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Yves Leterme]]'''
| align="center"| 6 October 1960
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 17 July 2009
| align="center"| 25 November 2009
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC33" | [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Steven Vanackere]]'''
| align="center"| 4 February 1964
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 25 November 2009
| align="center"| 6 December 2011
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Didier Reynders]]'''
| align="center"| 6 August 1958
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 6 December 2011
| align="center"| 30 November 2019
| rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#33CCFF" | [[Mouvement Réformateur|MR]]
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Philippe Goffin]]'''
| align="center"| 1 April 1967
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 30 November 2019
| align="center"| 1 October 2020
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Sophie Wilmès]]'''
| align="center"| 15 January 1975
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 1 October 2020
| align="center"| 14 July 2022
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Hadja Lahbib]]'''
| align="center"| 21 June 1970
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 15 July 2022
| align="center"| 30 November 2024
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Bernard Quintin]]'''
| align="center"| 1971
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 30 November 2024
| align="center"| 3 February 2025
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Maxime Prévot]]'''
| align="center"| 9 April 1978
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 3 February 2025
| align="center"| Current
| align="center" bgcolor=#00ffe6| [[Les Engagés|LE]]
|}

==Timeline==

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from: 1831 till: 1831 color:liberal text:"[[Sylvain Van de Weyer]]" fontsize:10
from: 1831 till: 1831 color:liberal text:"[[Joseph Lebeau]]" fontsize:10
from: 1831 till: 1831 color:catholic text:"[[Felix de Muelenaere]]" fontsize:10
from: 1831 till: 1834 color:liberal text:"[[Albert Goblet d'Alviella]]" fontsize:10
from: 1834 till: 1836 color:catholic text:"[[Felix de Muelenaere]]" fontsize:10
from: 1836 till: 1840 color:catholic text:"[[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]]" fontsize:10
from: 1840 till: 1841 color:liberal text:"[[Joseph Lebeau]]" fontsize:10
from: 1841 till: 1843 color:catholic text:"[[Camille de Briey]]" fontsize:10
from: 1843 till: 1845 color:catholic text:"[[Felix de Muelenaere]]" fontsize:10
from: 1845 till: 1847 color:catholic text:"[[Adolphe Dechamps]]" fontsize:10
from: 1847 till: 1852 color:liberal text:"[[Constant d'Hoffschmidt]]" fontsize:10
from: 1852 till: 1855 color:liberal text:"[[Henri de Brouckère]]" fontsize:10
from: 1855 till: 1857 color:catholic text:"[[Charles Vilain XIIII]]" fontsize:10
from: 1857 till: 1861 color:liberal text:"[[Adolphe de Vrière]]" fontsize:10
from: 1861 till: 1868 color:liberal text:"[[Charles Rogier]]" fontsize:10
from: 1868 till: 1870 color:liberal text:"[[Jules Vander Stichelen]]" fontsize:10
from: 1870 till: 1871 color:catholic text:"[[Jules Joseph d'Anethan]]" fontsize:10
from: 1871 till: 1878 color:catholic text:"[[Guillaume d'Aspremont Lynden]]" fontsize:10
from: 1878 till: 1884 color:liberal text:"[[Walthère Frère-Orban]]" fontsize:10
from: 1884 till: 1884 color:catholic text:"[[Alphonse de Moreau]]" fontsize:10
from: 1884 till: 1892 color:catholic text:"[[Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay]]" fontsize:10
from: 1892 till: 1895 color:catholic text:"[[Henri de Merode-Westerloo]]" fontsize:10
from: 1895 till: 1896 color:catholic text:"[[Jules de Burlet]]" fontsize:10
from: 1896 till: 1907 color:catholic text:"[[Paul de Favereau]]" fontsize:10
from: 1907 till: 1916 color:catholic text:"[[Julien Davignon]]" fontsize:10
from: 1916 till: 1917 color:catholic text:"[[Eugène Beyens]]" fontsize:10
from: 1917 till: 1918 color:catholic text:"[[Charles de Broqueville]]" fontsize:10
from: 1918 till: 1920 color:liberal text:"[[Paul Hymans]]" fontsize:10
from: 1920 till: 1924 color:catholic text:"[[Henri Jaspar]]" fontsize:10
from: 1924 till: 1925 color:liberal text:"[[Paul Hymans]]" fontsize:10
from: 1925 till: 1927 color:socialist text:"[[Emile Vandervelde]]" fontsize:10
from: 1927 till: 1934 color:liberal text:"[[Paul Hymans]]" fontsize:10
from: 1934 till: 1934 color:catholic text:"[[Henri Jaspar]]" fontsize:10
from: 1934 till: 1935 color:liberal text:"[[Paul Hymans]]" fontsize:10
from: 1935 till: 1936 color:catholic text:"[[Paul van Zeeland]]" fontsize:10
from: 1936 till: 1939 color:socialist text:"[[Paul-Henri Spaak]]" fontsize:10
from: 1939 till: 1939 color:socialist text:"[[Eugène Soudan]]" fontsize:10
from: 1939 till: 1940 color:catholic text:"[[Hubert Pierlot]]" fontsize:10
from: 1940 till: 1949 color:socialist text:"[[Paul-Henri Spaak]]" fontsize:10
from: 1949 till: 1954 color:catholic text:"[[Paul van Zeeland]]" fontsize:10
from: 1954 till: 1958 color:socialist text:"[[Paul-Henri Spaak]]" fontsize:10
from: 1958 till: 1961 color:catholic text:"[[Pierre Wigny]]" fontsize:10
from: 1961 till: 1966 color:socialist text:"[[Paul-Henri Spaak]]" fontsize:10
from: 1966 till: 1973 color:catholic text:"[[Pierre Harmel]]" fontsize:10
from: 1973 till: 1977 color:catholic text:"[[Renaat Van Elslande]]" fontsize:10
from: 1977 till: 1980 color:socialist text:"[[Henri Simonet]]" fontsize:10
from: 1980 till: 1981 color:catholic text:"[[Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb]]" fontsize:10
from: 1981 till: 1989 color:catholic text:"[[Leo Tindemans]]" fontsize:10
from: 1989 till: 1992 color:catholic text:"[[Mark Eyskens]]" fontsize:10
from: 1992 till: 1994 color:socialist text:"[[Willy Claes]]" fontsize:10
from: 1994 till: 1995 color:socialist text:"[[Frank Vandenbroucke]]" fontsize:10
from: 1995 till: 1999 color:socialist text:"[[Eric Derycke]]" fontsize:10
from: 1999 till: 2004 color:liberal text:"[[Louis Michel]]" fontsize:10
from: 2004 till: 2009 color:liberal text:"[[Karel De Gucht]]" fontsize:10
from: 2009 till: 2009 color:catholic text:"[[Yves Leterme]]" fontsize:10
from: 2009 till: 2011 color:catholic text:"[[Steven Vanackere]]" fontsize:10
from: 2011 till: 2019 color:liberal text:"[[Didier Reynders]]" fontsize:10
from: 2019 till: 2020 color:liberal text:"[[Philippe Goffin]]" fontsize:10
from: 2020 till: 2022 color:liberal text:"[[Sophie Wilmès]]" fontsize:10
from: 2022 till: 2024 color:liberal text:"[[Hadja Lahbib]]" fontsize:10
from: 2024 till: 2025 color:liberal text:"[[Bernard Quintin]]" fontsize:10
</timeline>

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==References==
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[[Category:Lists of government ministers of Belgium|Foreign Affairs]]
[[Category:Government of Belgium]]
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[[Category:1831 establishments in Belgium]]

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