Alexander De Croo

Alexander De Croo (born 3 November 1975) is a Belgian politician and businessman. He was the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025.

His Excellency Alexander De Croo
De Croo in November 2024
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025
Monarch	Philippe
Deputy	Vincent Van Peteghem [en] Georges Gilkinet [en] Petra De Sutter [en] Sophie Wilmès Vincent Van Quickenborne [en] Pierre-Yves Dermagne [en] Frank Vandenbroucke (politician) [en]
Preceded by	Sophie Wilmès
Succeeded by	Bart De Wever
Minister of Finance
In office 9 December 2018 – 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès
Preceded by	Johan Van Overtveldt [en]
Succeeded by	Vincent Van Peteghem [en]
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 22 October 2012 – 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Elio Di Rupo Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès
Preceded by	Vincent Van Quickenborne [en]
Succeeded by	Vincent Van Peteghem [en] Georges Gilkinet [en] Petra De Sutter [en] Sophie Wilmès Vincent Van Quickenborne [en] Pierre-Yves Dermagne [en] Frank Vandenbroucke (politician) [en]
Minister of Pensions
In office 22 October 2012 – 11 October 2014
Prime Minister	Elio Di Rupo
Preceded by	Vincent Van Quickenborne [en]
Succeeded by	Daniel Bacquelaine [en]
Leader of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats [en]
In office 12 December 2009 – 22 October 2012
Deputy	Vincent Van Quickenborne [en] Patricia Ceysens [nl]
Preceded by	Guy Verhofstadt (Acting)
Succeeded by	Guy Verhofstadt (Acting)
Minister of Development Cooperation
In office 11 October 2014 – 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès
Preceded by	Jean-Pascal Labille [fr]
Personal details
Born	(1975-11-03) 3 November 1975 (age 49) Vilvoorde, Belgium
Political party	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats [en] (Open Vld)
Spouse(s)	Annik Penders
Children	2
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BSc) Northwestern University (MBA)
Website	Personal site

From 2012 to 2020, De Croo worked in the governments of Elio Di Rupo, Charles Michel, and Sophie Wilmès as a deputy prime minister of Belgium.

During his tenure as deputy prime minister he was the Minister of Pensions from 2012 to 2014, as Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium) [en] from 2014 to 2020, and as Minister of Finance (Belgium) [en] from 2018 to 2020.

On 1 October 2020, over a year after the 2019 Belgian federal election [en], the De Croo Government [en] was formed to replace Wilmès II Government [en] (A minority government) , with De Croo as Prime Minister.^[1]

De Croo announced his resignation as prime minister on 9 June 2024 following his party's defeat in the 2024 Belgian federal election [en].^[2]