BRUSSELS, July 20 (AFP) - Here is Belgium's new government which took office Tuesday, the third to be led by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.
There are eight new post-holders in the 21-member government, marked by the departure of former foreign minister Louis Michel and the arrival of the first African-born junior minister.
Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt (VLD)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice: Laurette Onkelinx (PS)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance: Didier Reynders (MR)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Budget: Johan Vande Lanotte (SPA)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior: Patrick Dewael (VLD)
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Karel De Gucht (VLD, new)
Minister of Defence: Andre Flahaut (PS)
Minister of Economy and Energy: Marc Verwilghen (VLD, change of portfolio)
Minister of Social Affairs: Rudy Demotte (PS)
Minister of Agriculture and Middle Classes: Sabine Laruelle (MR)
Minister of Employment: Freya Van den Bossche (SPA, change of portfolio)
Minister of Cooperation to Development: Armand De Decker (MR, new)
Minister of Public Function: Christian Dupont (PS, new)
Minister of Mobility: Renaat Landuyt (SPA, new)
Minister of the Environment and Pensions: Bruno Tobback (SPA, new)
Secretary of State for Computerisation of the State: Peter Vanvelthoven (SPA)
Secretary of State for the Modernisation of Finances: Herve Jamar (MR)
Secretary of State for Administrative Simplication: Vincent Van Quickenborne (VLD)
Secretary of State for European Affairs: Didier Donfut (PS)
Secretary of State for Sustainable Development: Els van Weert (SPA-Spirit)
Secretary of State for Families: Gisele Mandaila Malamba (MR, new)
VLD - Flemish Liberal and Democratic Party
SPA - Flemish Socialist Party
PS - Francophone Socialist Party
MR - Francophone Liberal Party