# De Wever sworn as first Flemish-nationalist prime minister of Belgium Date: 2025 ## The fact On 3 February 2025 [Bart De Wever](/people/bart-de-wever) swore as prime minister of Belgium before King Philippe, the first Flemish nationalist to hold the office. Ministers of the Arizona cabinet were sworn the same morning. ## Context He was N-VA president. Theo Francken took defence; [Georges-Louis Bouchez](/people/georges-louis-bouchez) did not take a ministry. Both are unresolved. 3 February 2025 oath. Stored as one 3 February 2025 Fact. Keep De Wever sworn as first Flemish-nationalist prime minister of Belgium on 2025-02-03 separate from neighbouring 9 June 2024 election, 10 July 2024 formateur, 31 January 2025 Arizona agreement, and 3 February 2025 oath. The Belgian prime minister can swear a cabinet, bind a coalition programme, and represent the federal state. He does not sit as the King, as every regional minister, or as Vlaams Belang. A 3 February 2025 oath is not authorship of every later asylum circular. Sharing Arizona with four other parties is not a reason to drop the first Flemish-nationalist premiership. ## Evidence and sources Reuters carries the official instrument or communique. The Guardian records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is the owned N-VA-PM driver: a completed first Flemish-nationalist premiership. ## What is established and what is not Established: He swore as prime minister on 3 February 2025. Wires record him as the first Flemish nationalist in the office. Not established: A unique later asylum-stock integer as size, or authorship of every coalition circular. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. Sharing the cabinet with four parties is not a reason to drop 3 February 2025.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies De Wever sworn as first Flemish-nationalist prime minister of Belgium, not a later speech about De Wever sworn as first Flemish-nationalist prime minister of Belgium. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. De Wever sworn as first Flemish-nationalist prime minister of Belgium on 2025-02-03 is not a licence to treat every later Reuters communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average De Wever sworn as first Flemish-nationalist prime minister of Belgium into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He accepted the premiership. Sharing the cabinet with four parties is not a reason to drop 3 February 2025. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Bart De Wever: https://factrail.ai/people/bart-de-wever ## Drivers - De Wever N-VA PM: https://factrail.ai/drivers/de-wever-nva-pm ## Sources - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/03/rightwinger-bart-de-wever-sworn-in-as-belgian-prime-minister - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belgium-government-installed-led-by-nationalist-pm-de-wever-2025-02-03/ ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/be-de-wever-oath-2025