Bart De Wever

Bart Albert Liliane De Wever (born 21 December 1970 in Mortsel, Belgium) is a Belgian politician who has served as prime minister of Belgium since 3 February 2025. He led the New Flemish Alliance, a party advocating Flemish independence, from 2004 to 2025, and served as mayor of Antwerp from January 2013 to February 2025. His party won the largest share of seats in Flanders and in Belgium as a whole in the 2010, 2014, 2019 and 2024 federal elections; after the 2024 election King Philippe tasked him with forming a government, and following more than eight months of negotiations among five parties an agreement was reached on 31 January 2025, making him the first Flemish nationalist politician to hold the office of prime minister of Belgium.