The Council of Ministers (french: Conseil des ministres; nl, Ministerraad) is the supreme executive organ of the

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of the

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. It is a

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composed of the

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, who leads it, and up to fourteen senior ministers. Federal secretaries of state (junior ministers) are members of the government, but not part of the Council. The

King of the Belgians Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary, and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled king or queen of the Belgians ( nl, Koning(in) der Belgen, french: Roi / Reine des Belges}, german: König(in) der Belgier) and serves as the country's ...

historically presided over the Council, but this has not happened since 1957. The Council of Ministers formally became a permanent policy structure with the

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al revision of 1970.

List Council of Belgium

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