BRUSSELS: Belgian vice-Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs minister Sophie Wilmes said on Thursday she will temporarily step down from the government to take care of her husband, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
"This difficult hardship is not without consequences for my family, and therefore also for my role within the Belgian government," she said in a statement.
Wilmes, who was Belgium's Prime Minister between 2019 and 2020 and the first woman in that role, takes a leave at least until this summer, when she and her family will re-evaluate the situation.
Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo will take over Wilmes' foreign affairs duties.
Reuters
Thu Apr 21 2022
Wilmes, who was Belgium's Prime Minister between 2019 and 2020 and the first woman in that role, takes a leave at least until this summer, when she and her family will re-evaluate the situation. - REUTERS/Filepic
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