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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="إليو دي روبو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إليو دي روبو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE" title="Эліа дзі Рупо – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Эліа дзі Рупо" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%94%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE" title="Елио Ди Рупо – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Елио Ди Рупо" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B9_%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%BF" title="Έλιο Ντι Ρούπο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Έλιο Ντι Ρούπο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88" title="الیو دی روپو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الیو دی روپو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%98%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4_%EB%94%94_%EB%A4%BC%ED%8F%AC" title="엘리오 디 뤼포 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="엘리오 디 뤼포" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95" title="אליו די רופו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אליו די רופו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelius_Di_Rupo" title="Aelius Di Rupo – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aelius Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_di_Rupo" title="Elio di Rupo – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Elio di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B" title="एल्यो दि र्‍युपो – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="एल्यो दि र्‍युपो" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="اليو دى روبو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اليو دى روبو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9D" title="エリオ・ディルポ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エリオ・ディルポ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE,_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE" title="Ди Рупо, Элио – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ди Рупо, Элио" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Elio Di Rupo" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 December 2011 – 11 October 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarchs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">Albert II</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">Philippe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yves_Leterme" title="Yves Leterme">Yves Leterme</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Michel (politician)">Charles Michel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_Wallonia" title="Minister-President of Wallonia">Minister-President</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 September 2019 – 15 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Willy_Borsus" title="Willy Borsus">Willy Borsus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adrien_Dolimont" title="Adrien Dolimont">Adrien Dolimont</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 October 2005 – 20 July 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">André Antoine</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Demotte" title="Rudy Demotte">Rudy Demotte</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />15 July 1999 – 4 April 2000</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Robert Collignon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe" title="Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe">Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">Leader of the Socialist Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 November 2014 – 21 October 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Magnette" title="Paul Magnette">Paul Magnette</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Magnette" title="Paul Magnette">Paul Magnette</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 September 1999 – 6 December 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Busquin" title="Philippe Busquin">Philippe Busquin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Thierry Giet</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 October 2000 – 3 December 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Maurice Lafosse</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Nicolas Martin</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> for<br /><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />16 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French-speaking_electoral_college" title="French-speaking electoral college">French-speaking electoral college</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-07-18</span>) </span>18 July 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Morlanwelz" title="Morlanwelz">Morlanwelz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Mons-Hainaut" title="University of Mons-Hainaut">University of Mons-Hainaut</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Leeds" title="University of Leeds">University of Leeds</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Accession_Treaty_2011_Elio_Di_Rupo_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Elio Di Rupo's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Accession_Treaty_2011_Elio_Di_Rupo_signature.svg/128px-Accession_Treaty_2011_Elio_Di_Rupo_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Accession_Treaty_2011_Elio_Di_Rupo_signature.svg/192px-Accession_Treaty_2011_Elio_Di_Rupo_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Accession_Treaty_2011_Elio_Di_Rupo_signature.svg/256px-Accession_Treaty_2011_Elio_Di_Rupo_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="161" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elio Di Rupo</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[eljo<span class="wrap"> </span>di<span class="wrap"> </span>ʁupo]</a></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born 18 July 1951) is a Belgian politician who has served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister-president_of_Wallonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister-president of Wallonia">minister-president of Wallonia</a> since 2019. He is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a>. Di Rupo previously served as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Belgium">prime minister of Belgium</a> from 6 December 2011 to 11 October 2014, heading the <a href="/wiki/Di_Rupo_Government" title="Di Rupo Government">Di Rupo Government</a>. He was the first <a href="/wiki/Francophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophone">francophone</a> to hold the office since <a href="/wiki/Paul_Vanden_Boeynants" title="Paul Vanden Boeynants">Paul Vanden Boeynants</a> in 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the country's first socialist prime minister since <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Leburton" title="Edmond Leburton">Edmond Leburton</a> left office in 1974. Di Rupo was also Belgium's first prime minister of non-Belgian descent, and the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_first_LGBT_holders_of_political_offices" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the first LGBT holders of political offices">second openly gay person and first openly gay man to be head of government</a> in modern times. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_early_life">Background and early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Di Rupo was born in <a href="/wiki/Morlanwelz" title="Morlanwelz">Morlanwelz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>, to Italian parents. His father was born in <a href="/wiki/San_Valentino_in_Abruzzo_Citeriore" title="San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore">San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore</a>. While Di Rupo was born in Belgium,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his brothers and sisters were all born in Italy. When he was one year old, his father died in a car crash and his mother was unable to raise all seven children. Due to the poor financial state of his family, three of his brothers were raised in a nearby orphanage.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_profile_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_profile-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When he was 12, he attended boarding school. Due to medical issues, Di Rupo had to re-do his first year of high school twice, but eventually excelled in science at the end of his high school years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led him to pursue a degree in <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mons" title="University of Mons">University of Mons</a>, where he eventually obtained a <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> in Chemistry, after being a part-time lecturer at <a href="/wiki/Leeds_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds University">Leeds University</a> as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Di Rupo came in contact with the socialist movement for the first time during his studies in <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a>, where he first obtained a master's degree and afterwards a PhD in <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a>. He went during the preparation of his doctorate to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leeds" title="University of Leeds">University of Leeds</a> (United Kingdom), where his function was that of lecture member of staff in 1977–1978.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He started his political career as an <a href="/wiki/Attach%C3%A9#Belgium" title="Attaché">attaché</a> at the cabinet of <a href="/wiki/Jean-Maurice_Dehousse" title="Jean-Maurice Dehousse">Jean-Maurice Dehousse</a> in 1980–81. His first political mandate came in 1982, when he was Councillor of <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a> (until 1985, and again from 1988 until 2000). In 1986, he was mayor of health, urban renewal and social affairs. Professionally, Di Rupo was at the same time cabinet member and then Deputy Head of Cabinet of the minister of finance of that time of the Walloon region and consequently Deputy Head of Cabinet of the minister of finance and energy of the Walloon region at that time <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Busquin" title="Philippe Busquin">Philippe Busquin</a> (1981–85) and superintendent of the energy-inspection of the ministry of the Walloon region.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He is a deputy (MP) for the <a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Mons" title="Arrondissement of Mons">Arrondissement of Mons</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Chamber_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Chamber of Representatives">Belgian Chamber of Representatives</a>. He once described <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand" title="François Mitterrand">François Mitterrand</a> as being "a character from a novel".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, he became the mayor of <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FT_profile_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT_profile-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is the capital of the province of <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainaut (province)">Hainaut</a>. </p><p>In 1987, he got his national political breakthrough. He was elected as member of the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies" title="Chamber of Deputies">Chamber of Deputies</a> and went two years later for a short time to the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>. </p><p>In 1991, Di Rupo was chosen as a senator, but shortly afterwards (1992), he took in the French-speaking community his first ministerial function in Education and later also Media. These were his responsibilities until <a href="/wiki/Guy_Co%C3%ABme" title="Guy Coëme">Guy Coëme</a>, who was mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Agusta_scandal" title="Agusta scandal">Agusta-scandal</a>, resigned and Di Rupo went to the federal government in 1994 as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Traffic and Governmental companies. Following the elections in 1995, he remained the Vice-Prime Minister of Belgium and was appointed minister of Economics and Telecommunications. In 1995 he signed the merger of the Belgian airline Sabena with Swiss Air that eventually led to the bankruptcy of Sabena with thousands of unemployed employees as result.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Marc_Dutroux" title="Marc Dutroux">Dutroux affair</a>, Olivier Trusgnach, a prostitute, alleged that Di Rupo paid him for sex while Trusgnach was still a minor.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This accusation could have meant the end of his political career. Di Rupo denied the accusations. </p><p>After the federal and regional elections of June 1999 in which, due to the <a href="/wiki/Dioxin_Affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Dioxin Affair">Dioxin Affair</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Christen-Democratisch_en_Vlaams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams">Christian-Democrats</a> lost many of their votes, Di Rupo negotiated with the Flemish socialists of <a href="/wiki/Socialistische_Partij_Anders" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialistische Partij Anders">sp.a</a>, the <a href="/wiki/VLD" class="mw-redirect" title="VLD">Liberals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Groen!" class="mw-redirect" title="Groen!">Green Party</a> to form a "purple-green" government. Di Rupo himself was in charge of the function of minister-president of the Walloon region, but already in October of the same year the members of the party chose him as president and in April 2000, he was succeeded in his function of minister-president by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe" title="Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe">Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As new president of the party, Di Rupo was forced to make a generation change within the PS and go down a new path. During the regional and federal elections of 1995 and 1999, the PS lost many of its votes, partly because of <a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Belgium" title="Corruption in Belgium">corruption</a> scandals in the 1990s (named <a href="/wiki/Agusta_scandal" title="Agusta scandal">Agusta-scandal</a> and UNIOP-affair), in which the most prominent PS-politicians were involved. PS had been in the government subsequently since 1988 (in the regional government and in the federal government), but the liberal PRL (now <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">MR</a>) became in the 1999-elections as strong as the PS. Apart from those two, <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> also became an important political party. Di Rupo realised that drastic action was required to regain the position of the PS. By several measures, such as "Contrat d'avenir pour la Wallonie" (Contract for the Future of Wallonia) and a new generation of party leaders, by which <a href="/wiki/Marie_Arena" title="Marie Arena">Marie Arena</a> was important, he tried to reassemble the left wing-forces around him. Successfully, because in the elections of 2003, PS regained the electoral score of 1991 and was by far the most important political party before <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">MR</a>. During the regional elections of 2004, it also became the most important party in the Brussels capital region.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elio_di_Rupo-15-12-2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Elio_di_Rupo-15-12-2007.jpg/220px-Elio_di_Rupo-15-12-2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Elio_di_Rupo-15-12-2007.jpg/330px-Elio_di_Rupo-15-12-2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Elio_di_Rupo-15-12-2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="388" /></a><figcaption>Di Rupo in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Di Rupo changed, in 2004, the liberal coalition partner for the Christian-democratic party, in the Walloon Government and in the Brussels Capital Government (in the last also the green party Ecolo was part of the government). By doing this, coalitions were made which differed from the federal coalition at that time. In October 2005, he became <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_Wallonia" title="Minister-President of Wallonia">Minister-President of Wallonia</a><sup id="cite_ref-FT_profile_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT_profile-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after <a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe" title="Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe">Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe</a> resigned amid a corruption scandal, involving several members of Di Rupo's party. He continued as party leader though and has had to deal with the PS's <a href="/wiki/ICDI_affair" class="mw-redirect" title="ICDI affair">ICDI affair</a> that emerged in May 2006.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2006 and 2007, Di Rupo and his party appeared unsuccessful in trying to clean out corruption. This was probably instrumental in the party's losing its first place amongst <a href="/wiki/French_Community_of_Belgium" title="French Community of Belgium">French community</a> parties <a href="/wiki/2007_Belgian_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Belgian general election">2007 federal election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Di Rupo then decided to take a firmer stance against corruption in Charleroi: he virtually took control of the city's Socialist Party and ordered the Socialist mayor and <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">aldermen</a> to resign.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After former PS president <a href="/wiki/Guy_Spitaels" title="Guy Spitaels">Guy Spitaels</a> urged him to choose between the presidency of the party and of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wallonia" title="Government of Wallonia">Walloon Government</a>, Di Rupo decided to organise internal elections for party president in July 2007 rather than in October of that year and announced that he would resign from his mandate as Minister-President if re-elected. On 11 July 2007, he was re-elected president of the Socialist Party with 89.5% of the votes.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prime_Minister_of_Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prime Minister of Belgium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2010_Belgian_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Belgian general election">2010 Belgian general election</a>, in which the PS emerged as the largest of the Francophone parties and the second largest political party in Belgium, speculation emerged as to whether Di Rupo could be the Prime Minister in a <a href="/wiki/2010_Belgian_government_formation" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Belgian government formation">new government</a>. The <a href="/wiki/RTBF" title="RTBF">RTBF</a> raised questions, however, about whether Di Rupo's limited fluency in Dutch would be a stumbling block in seeking that office; every prime minister since 1979 had been a <a href="/wiki/Flemish_people" title="Flemish people">Fleming</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In May 2011, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Formateur" title="Formateur">Formateur</a> by King <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">Albert II</a>, which gave Di Rupo the task of forming a government. Traditionally, the Formateur also becomes the Prime Minister of the government he forms. He became prime minister of the <a href="/wiki/Di_Rupo_I_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Di Rupo I Government">Di Rupo I Government</a> on 6 December 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With Di Rupo's appointment, Belgium ended 589 days without a government, believed to be the longest such streak ever for a country in the developed world. <a href="/wiki/Yves_Leterme" title="Yves Leterme">Yves Leterme</a> had resigned on 26 April 2010 and had been serving as caretaker prime minister since then.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Board_of_directors">Board of directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Board of directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 2004 and 2005, Elio Di Rupo was on the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a> of what was then <a href="/wiki/Dexia" title="Dexia">Dexia</a> bank, currently <a href="/wiki/Belfius" title="Belfius">Belfius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Visit_of_the_College_of_Commissioners_Egmont_Palace_EU2024BE_on_5_January_2024_-_78.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Visit_of_the_College_of_Commissioners_Egmont_Palace_EU2024BE_on_5_January_2024_-_78.jpg/220px-Visit_of_the_College_of_Commissioners_Egmont_Palace_EU2024BE_on_5_January_2024_-_78.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Visit_of_the_College_of_Commissioners_Egmont_Palace_EU2024BE_on_5_January_2024_-_78.jpg/330px-Visit_of_the_College_of_Commissioners_Egmont_Palace_EU2024BE_on_5_January_2024_-_78.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Visit_of_the_College_of_Commissioners_Egmont_Palace_EU2024BE_on_5_January_2024_-_78.jpg/440px-Visit_of_the_College_of_Commissioners_Egmont_Palace_EU2024BE_on_5_January_2024_-_78.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Di Rupo meets with President of the European Commission <a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a> on 5 January 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>Di Rupo describes himself as an "<a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Rationalist">rationalist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Freemason" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemason">Freemason</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_profile_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_profile-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is fluent in <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>. After becoming Prime Minister, he took <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> lessons to address his previous limited fluency in the language and this improved enough for him to be able to address the parliament in Dutch and conduct TV interviews in the language.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Di Rupo <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">came out</a> as <a href="/wiki/Gay_men" title="Gay men">gay</a> in 1996, and when asked by a confrontational "media pack" if he was gay, he responded, "Yes. So what?"<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_profile_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_profile-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_first_LGBT_holders_of_political_offices" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the first LGBT holders of political offices">first openly gay man</a> to lead a sovereign state, and the first openly gay person to win the position through an election.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between Di Rupo's election and 2013, he was one of the only three openly gay or lesbian national <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">heads of government</a>, the other ones being Icelandic Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3hanna_Sigur%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir" title="Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir">Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir</a>, and Luxembourgish Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Bettel" title="Xavier Bettel">Xavier Bettel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Belgium: Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_II" title="Order of Leopold II">Order of Leopold II</a></li> <li>Belgium: Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a></li> <li>Italy: Grand Officer of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="Order of Merit of the Italian Republic">Order of Merit of the Italian Republic</a></li></ul> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_first_LGBT_holders_of_political_offices" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the first LGBT holders of political offices">List of the first LGBT holders of political offices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_openly_LGBT_heads_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="List of openly LGBT heads of government">List of openly LGBT heads of government</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070624155950/http://michelbouffioux.skynetblogs.be/post/4537987/elio-di-rupo-210396">Visite à domicile</a> Interview with Di Rupo in French (17 May 2007)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in Dutch)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20130317_00506790&word=elio+di+rupo">Hilariteit om bizarre tweet van Elio Di Rupo</a>, Tweeting behaviour of Elio Di Rupo (in Dutch), published on 17 March 2013 in <a href="/wiki/De_Standaard" title="De Standaard">De Standaard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elio_Di_Rupo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elio_Di_Rupo" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Coeme" class="mw-redirect" title="Guy Coeme">Guy Coeme</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium </b><br />1994–1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Laurette_Onkelinx" title="Laurette Onkelinx">Laurette Onkelinx</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of Traffic and Governmental Companies </b><br />1994–1995 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Michel_Daerden" title="Michel Daerden">Michel Daerden</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Melchior_Wathelet" title="Melchior Wathelet">Melchior Wathelet</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of Economics and Telecommunications </b><br />1995–1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Demotte" title="Rudy Demotte">Rudy Demotte</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Collignon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Collignon (page does not exist)">Robert Collignon</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_Wallonia" title="Minister-President of Wallonia">Minister-President of Wallonia</a> </b><br />1999–2000 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Cauwenberghe" title="Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe">Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe</a></span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maurice_Lafosse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maurice Lafosse (page does not exist)">Maurice Lafosse</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a> </b><br />2000–2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolas_Martin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolas Martin (page does not exist)">Nicolas Martin</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Antoine_(politician)" title="André Antoine (politician)">André Antoine</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_Wallonia" title="Minister-President of Wallonia">Minister-President of Wallonia</a> </b><br />2005–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Demotte" title="Rudy Demotte">Rudy Demotte</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yves_Leterme" title="Yves Leterme">Yves Leterme</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a> </b><br />2011–2014 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Michel (politician)">Charles Michel</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Willy_Borsus" title="Willy Borsus">Willy Borsus</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_Wallonia" title="Minister-President of Wallonia">Minister-President of Wallonia</a> </b><br />2019-present </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Busquin" title="Philippe Busquin">Philippe Busquin</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">Leader of the Socialist Party</a> </b><br />1999–2011 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: 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