The Provisional Government was formed as a revolutionary committee of notables during the Belgian Revolution

Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium....

 on September 24, 1830 at the Brussels City Hall under the name of Administrative Commission.

On September 26, the Administrative Commission assumed the title of Provisional Government, and two days later on September 28, it set up a Central Committee. This Central Committee proclaimed the independence

Independence

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 of the provinces of Belgium on October 4, 1830. Afterwards, the term Provisional Government was increasingly used to refer to the Central Committee. Apart from the Central Committee, there also were Special Committees for War, Internal Affairs, Finance, Justice, Public Safety and Diplomacy.

The Provisional Government exercised both the executive

Executive (government)

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 and the legislative power until November 10, 1830, when the National Congress

National Congress of Belgium

The Belgian National Congress was a temporary legislative assembly in 1830, established shortly after the Provisional Government of Belgium had proclaimed Belgian independence on October 4 of that year...

 met for the first time. On November 12, it formally returned its powers to the National Congress, which subsequently decided to entrust the executive power to the Provisional Government. It was dissolved on February 25, 1831 after Baron Surlet de Chokier

Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier

Erasme Louis, Baron Surlet de Chokier , born in Liège, was a Belgian politician and before the accession of Leopold I to the Belgian throne, was the first Regent of Belgium....

 had been appointed Regent

Regent

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 by the National Congress

National Congress of Belgium

The Belgian National Congress was a temporary legislative assembly in 1830, established shortly after the Provisional Government of Belgium had proclaimed Belgian independence on October 4 of that year...

.

Members of the Provisional Government

• Charles Rogier
  Charles Rogier
  Charles Latour Rogier was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He became Prime Minister of Belgium on two separate occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to 1868....
  
   (chairman, member from 25 September 1830-25 February 1831)
• Emmanuel van der Linden d'Hooghvorst, baron van der Linden d'Hooghvorst (member from 24 September-12 November 1830)
• Félix de Mérode
  Félix de Mérode
  Philippe Félix Balthasar Otto Ghislain, Count de Merode , known as Félix de Merode, was a Belgian politician....
  
  , count de Mérode (member from 26 September 1830-25 February 1831)
• Alexandre Gendebien (member from 26 September 1830-25 February 1831)
• Sylvain Van de Weyer
  Sylvain Van de Weyer
  Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer was a Belgian politician, and then the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James's, effectively the ambassador to the United Kingdom....
  
   (member from 26 September 1830-25 February 1831)
• André-Edouard Jolly (member from 24 September 1830-25 February 1831)
• Feuillen de Coppin de Falaën, baron de Coppinn de Falaën (member from 24 September 1830-25 February 1831)
• Joseph Van der Linden (member from 24 September 1830-25 February 1831)
• Louis de Potter (member from 28 September-13 November 1830)
• Jean Nicolay (member from 25 September-10 October 1830)