Elio Di Rupo

Elio Di Rupo MEP
Official portrait, 2024
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 6 December 2011 – 11 October 2014
Monarchs	Albert II Philippe
Preceded by	Yves Leterme
Succeeded by	Charles Michel
Minister-President of Wallonia
In office 13 September 2019 – 15 July 2024
Preceded by	Willy Borsus
Succeeded by	Adrien Dolimont
In office 6 October 2005 – 20 July 2007
Preceded by	André Antoine
Succeeded by	Rudy Demotte
In office 15 July 1999 – 4 April 2000
Preceded by	Robert Collignon
Succeeded by	Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe
Leader of the Socialist Party
In office 22 November 2014 – 21 October 2019
Preceded by	Paul Magnette
Succeeded by	Paul Magnette
In office 16 September 1999 – 6 December 2011
Preceded by	Philippe Busquin
Succeeded by	Thierry Giet
Mayor of Mons
In office 8 October 2000 – 3 December 2018
Preceded by	Maurice Lafosse
Succeeded by	Nicolas Martin
Member of the European Parliament for Belgium
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2024
Constituency	French-speaking electoral college
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-18) 18 July 1951 (age 73) Morlanwelz, Belgium
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	University of Mons-Hainaut University of Leeds
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Elio Di Rupo (French: [eljo di ʁupo];^[1] born 18 July 1951) is a Belgian politician who has served as the minister-president of Wallonia since 2019. He is affiliated with the Socialist Party. Di Rupo previously served as the prime minister of Belgium from 6 December 2011 to 11 October 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government. He was the first francophone to hold the office since Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1979,^[2] and the country's first socialist prime minister since Edmond Leburton left office in 1974. Di Rupo was also Belgium's first prime minister of non-Belgian descent, and the world's second openly gay person and first openly gay man to be head of government in modern times.