Category

Politicians from Brussels

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Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician and physician who has served as President of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as Federal Minister for Defence. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated European political party, the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024, the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European Parliament elections. She was re-elected to head the Commission in July 2024.

Herman Van Rompuy

Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Council (born 1947)

Dutch politician and diplomat (1911–2002)

Russian diplomat

Henri Carton de Wiart

Belgian former prime minister (1869-1951)

Ludwig von Cobenzl

Austrian politician (1753-1809)

Paul-Émile Janson

French-speaking Belgian liberal politician (1872–1944)

Jules D'Anethan

Belgian politician (1803-1888)

Isabelle Gatti de Gamond

Belgian feminist (1839-1905)

Belgian neofascist

economist, industrialist, politician (1884-1971)

Francis van Aarssens

Dutch diplomat and statesman (1572-1641)

Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen

Belgian politician and founder of the Université libre de Bruxelles

Antoinette Spaak

Belgian politician (1928-2020)

Belgian politician (1829-1879)

Johann Karl Philipp von Cobenzl

18th-century politician and art collector (K. Cobenzl collection in Brussels)

Armand De Decker

Belgian politician (1948-2019)

Henri Van der Noot

Belgian politician (1731-1827)

Antoine Duquesne

Belgian politician (1941-2010)

Belgian politician

Belgian politician (1931-1996)

Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb

Belgian politician (1936–2023)

Hélène Goudin

Swedish politician

Belgian politician (1799–1883)

Belgian politician (1933–2014)

Belgian politician

Belgian politician (1873-1960)

Israeli politician (1911-2000)

Eric Van Rompuy

Flemish politician

Joseph Jacquemotte

Belgian communist (1883–1936)

Belgian politician

Xavier de Villepin

French politician (1926-2014)

Japanese politician (1971-)

Arthur Verhaegen

Belgian politician and architect (1847–1917)

François van Hoobrouck d'Aspre

Belgian politician (1934-2020)

André-Napoléon Fontainas

Belgian politician (1807–1863)

Ferdinand Bischoffsheim

Belgian politician (born 1992)

Belgian politician (1791–1858)

Alejandro Végh Villegas

Uruguayan politician (1928-2017)

Francis Van den Eynde

Belgian politician (1946–2021)

Belgian politician (1805–1883)