how many ministers do we have in Belgium – what do they stand for and please compare with the number of ministers (number) in the other European countries….
Answer
The various governments in Belgium have 48 ministers and 10 state secretaries. Below is the number per government. The distribution of competences can be viewed via the web link. This distribution changes from one government to another.
I do not have data on the other countries.
Federal government
15 ministers + 7 state secretaries
http://www.belgium.be/nl/about_belgie/overheid/federale_overheid/federale_regering/commissie_regering/
Walloon regional government
8 ministers
http://gouvernement.wallonie.be/composition
French Community Government
7 ministers
http://www.cfwb.be/index.php?id=416
Flemish government
9 ministers
http://www.vlaanderen.be/servlet/Satellite?c=Domain_C&cid=1191211214827&context=1141721623065—1191211215889-1191211214827&p=1186804409590&pagename=Infolijn%2FView
Brussels regional government
5 ministers + 3 state secretaries:
http://portail.irisnet.be/nl/region/region_de_bruxelles-capitale/autorites/gouvernement.shtml
German-speaking community government
4 ministers:
http://www.dglive.be/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-218//216_read-12294/
Answered by
Prof. dr. Dr Johan Ackaert
Political Science Local Government Local Politics Elections

Agoralaan University Campus Building D BE-3590 Diepenbeek
http://www.uhasselt.be/
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