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Belgium's first female prime minister will succeed Michelle as the new prime minister

Original title: who is Vermes, the first female prime minister appointed by the king of Belgium?

Belgian King Philip appointed budget minister Sophie & middot on the 27th; Vermees is the new Prime Minister of the caretaker cabinet. This is the first time Belgium has appointed a woman as prime minister. Vermes, 44, worked for the European Commission and later worked as an economic and financial adviser in a law firm. She became a member of the Belgian parliament in 2014 and joined the federal government in 2015.

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Foreign media said that King Philip of Belgium appointed budget minister Sophie & middot; Vermes is the new Prime Minister of the caretaker cabinet and replaces caretaker Prime Minister Michel, who took office as president of the European Council in December. Belgium welcomed the first female acting prime minister.

According to Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao website on October 28, King Philip received Vermes in Brussels on October 27 and appointed him as the caretaker cabinet prime minister. Klaranwal, a member of the Federal Parliament, was appointed as the new budget minister on the same day.

According to the report, Belgium completed the federal parliament election on May 26, 2019, but the negotiations on the formation of the federal government have not made a breakthrough so far. On July 2, the European Council elected Michelle as the next president of the European Council. On October 25, Michelle publicly expressed her hope to resign as caretaker prime minister in early November in order to make full preparations for becoming president of the European Council.

According to Agence France Presse on October 26, the Belgian head of government Charles & middot; Michelle announced that Sophie & middot, 44, budget secretary; Vermes was selected as acting prime minister that day, and it is the first time for a woman to take up the post in Belgium.

It is reported that Vermes, born in January 1975, studied at the Belgian Institute of social communication. In 2000, he became a township consultant in Keller and began his political career. Vermes, who is considered to be Michelle's confidant, was elected as a member of Parliament in 2014 and entered the federal government in September 2015.

It is reported that five months after the last parliamentary election, in which environmentalists won more votes and political forces were more dispersed, little progress has been made in the negotiations between the parties on the formation of a federal government.

The report said that Belgium is famous for its difficult governance. From 2010 to 2011, it experienced a period of 541 days without implementing the government, setting a record.

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Belgium

Belgium implements a political system of separation of powers, and the legislative, judicial and executive powers are independent and balanced with each other. The king is the symbol of the country.

parliament

The Federal Parliament consists of 150 Representatives and 71 senators for a term of four years. Representatives are directly elected from 11 constituencies across the country. Forty of the 71 senators are directly elected by the District, 21 are appointed by the District Council and 10 are selected by the local government. The king's children over the age of 18 are legal senators, but do not vote. Princess Astrid and Prince Laurent are senators.

In October 2011, the main political parties participating in the cabinet formation negotiations completed the sixth national system reform negotiation, and decided that the federal election would be held every five years from 2014, and the federal Senate would be a non permanent body, with its members reduced from 71 to 60.

king

Philip & middot; Leopold & middot; Louis & middot; Philippe Leopold Louis Marie. Born on April 15, 1960. From 1978 to 1981, he studied at the Royal Military Academy of Belgium, and then studied in British and American universities, majoring in political science. Since August 1993, Philip has served as honorary chairman of the Council of the Bureau of foreign trade and honorary chairman of the Federal Commission for sustainable development.

He was sworn in as a senator of the federal Senate on June 21, 1994. He was awarded the rank of major general in 2001. He ascended the throne on July 21, 2013. Married, with two daughters and two sons. As crown prince, he visited China in 2004, 2007, 2008 (attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games), 2010 (attending the Belgian National Pavilion Day of the Shanghai World Expo) and 2011 (attending the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Belgium).

He first visited China as king in June 2015. In January 2017, President Xi Jinping met with him during the Davos world economic forum.