Provisional Government of Belgium

Belgium
Voorlopig Bewind (Dutch)
Gouvernement provisoire (French)
1830–1831
Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, black)
Belgium before the Treaty of London (1839).
Belgium before the Treaty of London (1839).
CapitalBrussels
GovernmentProvisional government
Chairman 
• 1830–1831
Charles Rogier
LegislatureNational Congress
Historical eraLate modern period
• Formation
27 September 1830
25 February 1831
Preceded by
Succeeded by
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Belgium
Members of the provisional government, from left to right:
Gendebien, Jolly, Rogier, de Potter, Van de Weyer, de Coppin de Falaën, de Mérode, Van der Linden, van der Linden d'Hooghvorst.

The Provisional Government (Dutch: Voorlopig Bewind; French: Gouvernement provisoire) was the first iteration of the Belgian state, formed in the midst of the Belgian Revolution. After Dutch forces were expelled from Brussels on 27 September 1830, the recently-created Revolutionary Committee transformed into the Provisional Government. The independence of Belgium as a state was officially declared on 4 October.

On 7 February 1831, the Constitution of Belgium was proclaimed and Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier was declared regent. With Belgium now under a constitutional monarchy, the Provisional Government was dissolved.

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