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The Agriculture Minister of Belgium is the political minister office responsible for
agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
. In 2001, the
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became mainly responsible for agriculture as part of the fifth state reform.


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Federal government

Ministers in the
Belgian Federal Government The Federal Government of Belgium ( ; ; ) exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretaries of state ("junior", or deputy-ministers who do not sit in the Council of Ministers) drawn from the politi ...
: * 1981-1992 : Paul De Keersmaecker (CVP) * 1992-1995 : André Bourgeois (CVP) * 1995-1999 :
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(CVP) * 1999 :
Herman Van Rompuy Herman Achille, Count Van Rompuy (; born 31 October 1947) is a Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009, and later as the first permanent President of the European Council from 2009 to 2014. Van Rompuy, a ...
(CVP) * 1999-2001 :
Jaak Gabriëls Petrus Josephus Jacobus Gabriëls (22 September 1943 – 8 April 2024) was a Belgian politician and member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) ( or VLD). He graduated in 1965 at the Catholic University of Leuven as Master of Philosophy ...
(VLD) * 2001-2003 :
Annemie Neyts Anne-Marie Cécile J. "Annemie" Neyts-Uyttebroeck (; ; born 17 June 1944) is a Belgian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats, member of the Alliance of Liberals and Dem ...
(VLD) * 2003-2014:
Sabine Laruelle Sabine Laruelle (; born 2 June 1965) is a Belgian politician and a member of the liberal party Mouvement Réformateur The Reformist Movement (, , MR) is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium, which includes social-liberal a ...
(MR) * 2014-2017:
Willy Borsus Willy Borsus (born 4 April 1962) is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Reformist Movement (MR). He was the 14th Minister-President of Wallonia from the 28th of July 2017 to the 13th of September 2019. Political career Political ma ...
(MR) * 2017-Present: Denis Ducarme ( MR)


Flanders

Ministers in the
Flemish Government The Flemish Government ( ) is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region of Belgium. It consists of a government cabinet, headed by the Minister-President of Flanders, Minister-President and accountable to the Flemish Par ...
: * 1995-1999 :
Eric Van Rompuy Eric Karel Paul Van Rompuy (born 23 November 1949) is a Flemish politician. Biography He is the son of the later Prof. em. dr. Vic Van Rompuy and brother of Herman Van Rompuy and Christine Van Rompuy.Christian People's Party, CVP) * 1999-2003 :
Vera Dua Vera Agnes Roger Dua (Ghent, 25 October 1952) was the Party Chair of the Flemish green party Groen! between 2003 and 2007. She graduated in 1975 as agricultural engineer and attained a PhD in agricultural science 11 years later. She has been a ...
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Groen! Groen (; ), founded as Agalev, is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. The main pillars of the party are social justice, human rights, and ecologism. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations wit ...
) * 2003-2004 :
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Groen! Groen (; ), founded as Agalev, is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. The main pillars of the party are social justice, human rights, and ecologism. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations wit ...
) * 2004 :
Jef Tavernier Jef Tavernier (born 1 November 1951 in Aalter, East Flanders, Belgium) is a Belgian politician. He was once member of the party Green! (''Groen!''). Career *24/11/1991 – 12/04/1995: Senator irectly elected(constituency Ghent–Eeklo) *07/0 ...
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Groen! Groen (; ), founded as Agalev, is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. The main pillars of the party are social justice, human rights, and ecologism. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations wit ...
) * 2004-2007 :
Yves Leterme Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (; born 6 October 1960) is a Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V). He was the prime minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008, and later from November 2009 ...
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Christian Democratic and Flemish Christian Democratic and Flemish (, ; CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium. The party has historical ties to both trade unionism ( ACV) and trade associations ( UNIZO) and the Farmer's League. Until 2001, the party w ...
, CD&V) * 2007-2014 :
Kris Peeters Kris Peeters (; born 18 May 1962) is a Belgium, Belgian politician of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, Christian Democratic and Flemish party who served as vice-president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2021 to 2024. Earlier in his ...
(CD&V) * 2014 - present : Joke Schauvliege (CD&V)


Wallonia

Ministers in the
Walloon Government The Government of Wallonia (, ) or Walloon Government (, ) is the executive branch of Wallonia and one of the six governments in Belgium. It is located in Namur, where the Parliament of Wallonia is also seated Compositions Current compositi ...
: * 1985-1988 :
Daniel Ducarme Daniel Ducarme (; 8 March 1954, Liège – 28 August 2010) was a Belgian politician and former Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region. Background and political affiliation Starting his political career in the Liberal Reformist Party ...
( Liberal Reformist Party, PRL) * 1988-1992 : Guy Lutgen ( Christian Social Party, PSC) * 1992-1995 : Guy Lutgen ( Christian Social Party, PSC) * 1995-1999 : Guy Lutgen ( Christian Social Party, PSC) * 1999-2004 : José Happart (
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, PS) * 2004-2009 :
Benoît Lutgen Benoît Lutgen (born 10 March 1970) is a Belgian politician who served as head of the Centre démocrate humaniste (Humanist Democrat Centre) political party in Belgium from 2011 to 2019. Early life Benoît Lutgen was born on 10 March 1970 in Bast ...
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Humanist Democratic Centre Humanist Democratic Centre (, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French Community of Belgium, French-speaking Political parties in Belgium, political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian So ...
, CDH) * 2009-2011 :
Benoît Lutgen Benoît Lutgen (born 10 March 1970) is a Belgian politician who served as head of the Centre démocrate humaniste (Humanist Democrat Centre) political party in Belgium from 2011 to 2019. Early life Benoît Lutgen was born on 10 March 1970 in Bast ...
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Humanist Democratic Centre Humanist Democratic Centre (, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French Community of Belgium, French-speaking Political parties in Belgium, political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian So ...
, CDH) * 2011-2014 :
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Humanist Democratic Centre Humanist Democratic Centre (, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French Community of Belgium, French-speaking Political parties in Belgium, political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian So ...
, CDH) * 2014- :
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Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...