Sophie Wilmès (French pronunciation: [sɔfi wilmɛs]; born 15 January 1975) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2019 to 2020.

[7] Her mother is of Jewish descent and lost several relatives in the Holocaust[8] and had worked in the office of Mieke Offeciers between 1992 and 1993, during her term as Minister of Budget.

[10] In September 2015, minister of the budget Hervé Jamar announced that he would resign on 1 October 2015, because he was selected as the governor of the province of Liège.

[12] In December 2018, she became Minister of Budget, Civil Service, National Lottery and Scientific Policy in the Michel II Government.

[12] On 16 March 2020, with negotiations still underway after 15 months, all major parties agreed to grant full legislative powers to the Wilmès government in order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wilmès was officially nominated as prime minister by King Philippe later on 16 March,[13] and her reshuffled executive government was sworn in the day after.

[15] On 21 April 2022, Wilmès announced that she would temporarily take a leave of absence and hand over her government responsibilities to spend more time with her family as her husband had been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour.

[19] On 24 January 2024, she is appointed leading candidate for the MR in the European elections in place of Charles Michel, who had finally decided to withdraw his candidacy following a wave of criticism.

[22] In June 2024, Wilmès was considered for the presidency of Renew Europe but she finally did not submit her candidacy, leaving the job to Valérie Hayer.