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The Belgian prime minister (PM) has only recently become the predominant political actor, after a long period of being primus inter pares between his ministerial colleagues, the leaders of the coalition parties, and at least until the First World War, also being subordinate to the king.
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De Winter, L., Rezsöhazy, I. (2012). The Afterlives of Belgian Prime Ministers. In: Theakston, K., de Vries, J. (eds) Former Leaders in Modern Democracies. Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265319_10
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