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Wilmès II Government
97th Cabinet of Belgium (since 1830)
Date formed	17 March 2020
Date dissolved	1 October 2020
People and organisations
Head of state	Philippe of Belgium
Head of government	Sophie Wilmès
No. of ministers	12
Member parties	MR (Francophone) CD&V (Flemish) Open Vld (Flemish)
Status in legislature	Caretaker minority coalition (with emergency plenary powers) 38 / 150 (25%)
Opposition parties	Groen (Flemish) sp.a (Flemish) N-VA (Flemish) VB (Flemish) cdH (Francophone) DéFI (Francophone) Ecolo (Francophone) PS (Francophone) PVDA-PTB
History
Election	2019 Belgian federal election
Legislature term	2019–2024
Predecessor	Wilmès I
Successor	De Croo

The Wilmès II Government was a minority Federal Government of Belgium, led by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès, the first female Prime Minister of Belgium.

Wilmès had been selected as a caretaker prime minister following the 2019 Belgian federal election, and headed the Wilmès I Government, a minority government with the same party composition as the previous Michel II Government, from 27 October 2019.

On 17 March 2020, the opposition parties sp.a, PS, Groen, Ecolo, cdH and DéFI agreed to give Wilmès the plenary powers needed to deal with the coronavirus outbreak in Belgium, for a period of three months. This was later extended until mid-September 2020, and then 1 October 2020, to allow completion of the 2019–20 Belgian government formation. Upon the end of the process, the Wilmès II Government was replaced by the De Croo Government.

Composition

The composition of the government was identical to that of the last composition of Wilmès I Government.

References

1. VRT NWS (2020-03-16). "Premier Sophie Wilmès (MR) vraagt morgen het vertrouwen in de Kamer". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-03-17.
2. VRT NWS (2020-09-30). "7 partijen hebben een inhoudelijk akkoord om samen te regeren: dit weten we daar al over" [7 parties have an internal agreement to govern: this is what we know already]. vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-09-30.

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