Muslim Executive of Belgium

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De Belgische Moslim Excutieve (Dutch) or L'Exécutif des musulmans de Belgique (French) (Muslim Executive of Belgium) is the official Muslim interlocutor of the Belgian federal government for the implementation of the July 19, 1974 law recognizing Islam as one of the subsidized religious or secular communities in Belgium according to the law of March 4, 1870.

It was set up by an royal decree on July 3, 1996.

Its successive presidents were Dr. Didier-Yacine Beyens, Nordin Maloujahmoun, Mohamed Boulif and Coskun Beyazgül. Its present vice-presidents are Kissi Benjelloun (male French-Moroccan French-speaking butcher) and Hacer Düzgün (female Belgian-Turkish Dutch-speaking religion teacher).