FPS Social Security Belgium

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The FPS Social Security and Public Institutions of Social Security (Dutch: FOD Sociale Zekerheid en Openbare instellingen van sociale zekerheid, French: SPF Sécurité Sociale et Institutions publiques de sécurité sociale, German: FÖD Soziale Sicherheit und öffentliche Behörden für Soziale Sicherheit), more commonly known as the FPS Social Security, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on May 23, 2001, as part of the plans of the first Verhofstadt Government to modernise the federal administration.

The FPS Social Security is responsible for the Belgian system of social security.

[edit] Ministers

The FPS Social Security is responsible to three Ministers and one Secretary of State:

Didier Donfut, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health
- Gisèle Mandaila, Secretary of State for the Family and Disabled Persons
Bruno Tobback, Minister for Environment and Pensions
Sabine Laruelle, Minister for Middle Classes and Agriculture

[edit] Organisation

The FPS Social Security is currently organised into five Directorates-General:

The Directorate-General for Social Policy
The Directorate-General for Self-employed Persons
The Directorate-General for Disabled Persons
The Directorate-General for War Victims
The Directorate-General for Social Inspection

In addition, it is also responsible for a large number of public social security institutions, such as the National Office for Social Security, the National Institute for the Social Security of the Self-employed, the National Office for Pensions and the National Employment Office.