Elio Di Rupo MEP
Official portrait, 2024
Prime Minister of Belgium
In office 6 December 2011 – 11 October 2014
Monarch	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
In office 1989–1994
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 (born 18 July 1951) is a Belgian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2011 to 2014. He was the leader of Parti socialiste. He was born in Morlanwelz, Wallonia to Italian parents. Di Rupo is openly gay.^[1] In 2024, he was eleted to the European Parliament, having served before from 1989 to 1994.

Di Rupo is the first openly gay man to lead a sovereign state. He was also the first openly gay man to win the position in his own right in an election.^[2]

Di Rupo is also mayor of Mons and previously alderman of the same city.

He is an atheist and a Freemason.^[3]

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