Minister-President of Flanders


The Minister-President of Flanders is the head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Flemish Community.
The incumbent Minister-President is Jan Jambon, who took over from Liesbeth Homans, the interim minister-president following the 2019 Belgian regional elections. A new agreement between the three same parties, N-VA, CD&V and Open Vld, to form a government was obtained on 30 September 2019, and the ministers were sworn in on 2 October 2019. The government consists of 9 ministers, 4 for N-VA, 3 for CD&V and 2 for Open Vld.

Appointment

Following the election of the Flemish Parliament, a Flemish Government is formed with a maximum of eleven ministers. The largest party in the government coalition may choose the minister-president. Following the oath of office of all ministers before the Flemish Parliament, the minister-president alone takes the oath of office before the King as well.
Regional elections are held every 5 years. The Flemish Parliament was elected directly for the first time in 1995. Prior to 1995, the members of the Flemish Parliament were the members of the Dutch language group of the Federal Parliament of Belgium.

List

Timeline


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from: 21/01/1992 till: 13/07/1999 color:christian text:"Van den Brande I-IV" fontsize:10
from: 13/07/1999 till: 05/06/2003 color:liberal text:"Dewael" fontsize:10
from: 11/06/2003 till: 20/07/2004 color:liberal text:"Somers" fontsize:10
from: 20/07/2004 till: 28/06/2007 color:christian text:"Leterme" fontsize:10
from: 28/06/2007 till: 25/07/2014 color:christian text:"Peeters I-II" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2014 till: 01/07/2019 color:nva text:"Bourgeois" fontsize:10
from: 02/07/2019 till: 01/10/2019 color:nva text:"Homans" fontsize:10
from: 02/10/2019 till: 10/06/2020 color:nva text:"Jambon" fontsize:10

Living former Minister-Presidents

Minister-Presidents often go on to join the Federal Government: e.g. Patrick Dewael and Kris Peeters became federal Minister, and Yves Leterme even Prime Minister.
NameTermDate of birthAge
Luc Van den Brande1992-199913 October 1945
Patrick Dewael1999-200313 October 1955
Bart Somers2003-200412 May 1964
Yves Leterme2004-20076 October 1960
Kris Peeters2007-201418 May 1962
Geert Bourgeois2014-20196 July 1951
Liesbeth Homans201917 February 1973