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Incumbent Philippe I
Coronation 21 July, 2013
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Residence Royal Palace of Brussels (official)
Laeken Castle (private)

The federal executive power, as regulated by the Constitution, belongs to the King

Belgian Constitution, article 37 Read
Official website @MonarchieBe

Bibliography

The Public Budget Cost of Some Monarchies and Republics in Western Europe

Herman Matthijs2013Scottish Journal of Arts, Social Sciences and Scientific Studies v.13

“The public budget systems of the eight West European monarchies and the two republics considered use a variety of systems for the civil lists and allocations granted to their heads of state. For this reason it is very difficult to compare the systems with one another”

Belgium and the Monarchy. From National Independence to National Disintegration

Herman Van Goethem2010University Press Antwerp

“If we undertake an analysis of Belgian history from the perspective of the monarchy, we need first to answer a crucial question: just how powerful is the king in Belgium? In 1830-1831 the Kingdom of Belgium was established as a ‘modern’, constitutional and parliamentary monarchy. This constitution was intended to reconcile the traditional rights of the monarch with the democratic rights of the people”

Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: A Historical Cross‐Country Perspective 1820‐2000

Christian Bjørnskov and Peter Kurrild‐Klitgaard2008Institut for Statskundskab (Københavns Universitet)

“Monarchs share one important feature, which is unobtainable by ordinary politicians: their time horizon when considering public action by definition extends to the rest of their life and probably longer, given their concern for their children and perhaps also for the preservation of the monarchy”

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Biographies

Koning Filip: de biografie

Mark Van den Wijngaert, Brigitte Balfoort & Barend Leyts2013Houtekeit

“België heeft na twintig jaar een nieuwe koning, Filip. Wie is hij? Wie zijn de ‘makers’ van de nieuwe koning? Welke vorming heeft hij gekregen en hoe is hij op het koningschap voorbereid? En zal hij de hoge standaard van zijn oom Boudewijn of zijn vader Albert II als voorbeeld nemen?”

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