<page_title> List of Prime Ministers of Belgium </page_title> <section_title> Chiefs of Government (1831–1918) </section_title> <table> <cell> Étienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache (1785–1871) <col_header> Name (Born–Died) </col_header> <col_header> Days </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 27 February 1831 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <col_header> Name </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Étienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache became the first Prime Minister of the newly founded Belgian state in 1831.