Philippe Goffin
Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Defence
In office 30 November 2019 – 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Sophie Wilmès
Preceded by	Didier Reynders
Succeeded by	Sophie Wilmès (Foreign Affairs) Ludivine Dedonder (Defense)
Personal details
Born	(1967-04-01) 1 April 1967 (age 57)[1] Rocourt, Belgium
Political party	Reformist Movement
Alma mater	Université catholique de Louvain

Philippe Goffin (born 1 April 1967) is a Belgian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence from 30 November 2019 to 1 October 2020.^[2]

In the federal elections of 26 May 2019, he ran in Liège Province, in 3rd place on the Reformist Movement (MR) list led by Daniel Bacquelaine. He was re-elected to the House with 14,717 votes.^[3] On 12 November 2019, following the departure of Charles Michel from the presidency of the MR, he stood in the internal elections of the party but failed in the first round.^[4]

On 30 November 2019, he entered the federal government as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence, replacing Didier Reynders, who became a member of the European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen, holding the Justice portfolio.^[2]

In August 2020, Goffin said he welcomed the Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement as a step toward a peaceful Middle East and added that the suspension of the proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank must be followed up with the two-state solution.^[5]

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