Alexander De Croo | |
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_(cropped).jpg) De Croo in 2022 | |
| Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
| Monarch | Philippe |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Sophie Wilmès |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 9 December 2018 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Johan Van Overtveldt |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Van Peteghem |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| In office 22 October 2012 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Elio Di Rupo Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Vincent Van Quickenborne |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Van Quickenborne |
| Minister of Development Cooperation | |
| In office 11 October 2014 – 1 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pascal Labille [fr] |
| Succeeded by | Meryame Kitir |
| Minister of Pensions | |
| In office 22 October 2012 – 11 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Elio Di Rupo |
| Preceded by | Vincent Van Quickenborne |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Bacquelaine |
| Leader of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | |
| In office 12 December 2009 – 22 October 2012 | |
| Deputy | Vincent Van Quickenborne Patricia Ceysens |
| Preceded by | Guy Verhofstadt (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Guy Verhofstadt (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1975 Vilvoorde, Flanders, Belgium |
| Political party | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats |
| Spouse | Annik Penders |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Vrije Universiteit Brussel (MSc) Northwestern University (MBA) |
| Website | www |
Alexander De Croo (Dutch: [aːlɛkˈsɑndər də ˈkroː]; born 3 November 1975) is a Belgian politician and businessman who is the prime minister of Belgium. He assumed office in October 2020 and is currently acting in a demissionary capacity.
De Croo was born in Vilvoorde and studied business engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel before attaining an MBA at Northwestern University in the United States. He worked for Boston Consulting Group before starting his own company, Darts-ip, in 2006. De Croo became involved with the Belgian political party Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Open VLD), of which he was chairman from 2009 to 2012. From 2012 to 2020, De Croo served in the governments of Elio Di Rupo, Charles Michel, and Sophie Wilmès as a deputy prime minister of Belgium.
During his tenure as deputy prime minister he served as the Minister of Pensions from 2012 to 2014, as Minister of Development Cooperation from 2014 to 2020, and as Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2020. On 1 October 2020, over a year after the 2019 federal elections, the De Croo Government was formed to replace Wilmès' minority government, with De Croo as prime minister.
After the 2024 Belgian federal election, De Croo and his party suffered a major electoral defeat. De Croo announced his resignation on 9 June 2024. De Croo will remain as caretaker prime minister until a new coalition is formed.[1][2]
- ^ "Belgium's PM De Croo resigns after election defeat – DW – 06/10/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Belgian King Philippe accepts PM De Croo's resignation". euronews. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.