List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2014–19

The seat division of the Parliament after the elections of 2014

The Parliament building in Brussels

This is a list of current Members of the Flemish Parliament, arranged alphabetically. The Flemish Parliament is in its 12th legislature, which started in June 2014 (after the Belgian regional elections of 2014) and will last until 2019. However, it is only the fifth legislature since the Members of the Flemish Parliament were first elected.

The government during this session is the Bourgeois Government, which consists of the three largest parties N-VA, CD&V and Open Vld.

May 2014 election results

Summary of the 25 May 2014 Flemish Parliament election results
Party		Main ideology	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats			+/–
← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
Party		Main ideology	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	FLA	BRU	TOT	+/–
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	centre-right Flemish nationalism	Bart De Wever	1,339,946	31.88	18.83	42	1	43 / 124	27
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	Christian democracy	Wouter Beke	860,694	20.48	2.37	26	1	27 / 124	4
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)	Liberalism	Gwendolyn Rutten	594,469	14.15	0.85	17	2	19 / 124	2
	Socialist Party – Differently (sp.a)	Social democracy	Bruno Tobback	587,903	13.99	1.28	17	1	18 / 124	1
	Green (Groen)	Green politics	Wouter Van Besien	365,781	8.70	1.94	9	1	10 / 124	3
	Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang)	far-right Flemish nationalism	Gerolf Annemans	248,840	5.92	9.36	6	0	6 / 124	15
	Union of Francophones (UF)	Francophone minority politics	Four co-chairmen	34,741	0.83	0.32	1	0	1 / 124	0
	Workers' Party+ (PVDA+)	Socialism/Communism	Peter Mertens	106,114	2.53	1.04	0	0	0 / 124	0
	Libertarian, Direct, Democratic (LDD)	Libertarianism	Jean-Marie Dedecker	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0 / 124	8
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			63,974			0	0	0 / 124
Valid votes				4,202,462	95.03
Blank and invalid votes				219,574	4.97
Totals				4,422,036	100.00	—	118	6	124 / 124	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				4,771,657	92.67
Source: Notes: 1) FLA = Flanders, BRU = Brussels (Capital Region), TOT = total

Leadership

Bureau

This is a list of the current members of the Bureau of the Flemish Parliament.

Speakers

MP	Party	Office
Jan Peumans	N-VA	Speaker
Peter Van Rompuy	CD&V	1st Deputy Speaker
Wilfried Vandaele	N-VA	2nd Deputy Speaker
Bart Somers	Open Vld	3rd Deputy Speaker
Caroline Gennez	sp.a	4th Deputy Speaker

Secretaries

	MP	Party
	Nadia Sminate	N-VA
	Sonja Claes	CD&V
	Kris Van Dijck	N-VA

Floor leaders

This is a list of the current group leaders (fractieleiders) of the recognised parliamentary groups (fracties). They form the Extended Bureau together with the members of the Bureau.

	Floor leader	Group
	Matthias Diependaele	N-VA
	Koen Van den Heuvel	CD&V
	Bart Somers	Open Vld
	Joris Vandenbroucke	sp.a
	Björn Rzoska	Green
	Chris Janssens	Flemish Interest

List

Representative	Party	Electoral district	Notes
Vera Celis	N-VA	Antwerp	since 25 July 2014, replacing Liesbeth Homans, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Jan Peumans	N-VA	Limburg	Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
Bert Maertens	N-VA	West Flanders	since 25 July 2014, replacing Geert Bourgeois, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Peter Persyn	N-VA	Flemish Brabant	since 25 July 2014, replacing Ben Weyts, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Matthias Diependaele	N-VA	East Flanders
Karl Vanlouwe	N-VA	Brussels-Capital Region
Ann Soete	N-VA	West Flanders	left party August 2017
Lies Jans	N-VA	Limburg
Caroline Croo	N-VA	East Flanders	since 11 October 2014, replacing Elke Sleurs, who became Secretary of State in the Federal Government
Nadia Sminate	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Kris Van Dijck	N-VA	Antwerp
Andries Gryffroy	N-VA	East Flanders
Piet De Bruyn	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Grete Remen	N-VA	Limburg
Annick De Ridder	N-VA	Antwerp
Wilfried Vandaele	N-VA	West Flanders
Lorin Parys	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Axel Ronse	N-VA	West Flanders
Marc Hendrickx	N-VA	Antwerp
Marius Meremans	N-VA	East Flanders
Jos Lantmeeters	N-VA	Limburg
Jelle Engelbosch	N-VA	Limburg
Lieve Maes	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Cathy Coudyser	N-VA	West Flanders
Paul Van Miert	N-VA	Antwerp
Karim Van Overmeire	N-VA	East Flanders
Björn Anseeuw	N-VA	West Flanders
Bart Nevens	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Ingeborg De Meulemeester	N-VA	East Flanders
Manuela Van Werde	N-VA	Antwerp
Danielle Godderis-T'Jonck	N-VA	West Flanders
Sabine Vermeulen	N-VA	East Flanders
Willy Segers	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Herman Wynants	N-VA	Antwerp
Miranda Van Eetvelde	N-VA	East Flanders
Kathleen Krekels	N-VA	Antwerp
Koen Daniëls	N-VA	East Flanders	replaces Lieven Dehandschutter, who decided not to combine his function as Mayor of Sint-Niklaas with this function
Jan Hofkens	N-VA	Antwerp	since 25 July 2014, replacing Philippe Muyters, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Peter Wouters	N-VA	Antwerp
Ludo Van Campenhout	N-VA	Antwerp
Sofie Joosen	N-VA	Antwerp
Jan Van Esbroeck	N-VA	Antwerp
Tine Van der Vloet	N-VA	Antwerp
An Christiaens	CD&V	Limburg	since 25 July 2014, replacing Jo Vandeurzen, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Jan Durnez	CD&V	West Flanders	since 25 July 2014, replacing Hilde Crevits, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Peter Van Rompuy	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
Jenne De Potter	CD&V	East Flanders	since 25 July 2014, replacing Joke Schauvliege, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Katrien Schryvers	CD&V	Antwerp	since 11 October 2014, replacing Kris Peeters, who became Minister in the Federal Government
Joris Poschet	CD&V	Brussels-Capital Region	since 22 July 2014, replacing Bianca Debaets, who became Secretary of State in the Brussels Government
Bart Dochy	CD&V	West Flanders
Jos De Meyer	CD&V	East Flanders
Lode Ceyssens	CD&V	Limburg
Karin Brouwers	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
Tinne Rombouts	CD&V	Antwerp
Sonja Claes	CD&V	Limburg
Michel Doomst	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
Martine Fournier	CD&V	West Flanders
Koen Van den Heuvel	CD&V	Antwerp
Cindy Franssen	CD&V	East Flanders
Katrien Partyka	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
Johan Verstreken	CD&V	West Flanders
Vera Jans	CD&V	Limburg
Kathleen Helsen	CD&V	Antwerp
Robrecht Bothuyne	CD&V	East Flanders
Valerie Taeldeman	CD&V	East Flanders
Griet Coppé	CD&V	West Flanders
Orry Van de Wauwer	CD&V	Antwerp	since 5 July 2017, replacing Caroline Bastiaens
Ward Kennes	CD&V	Antwerp
Sabine De Bethune	CD&V	West Flanders
Dirk de Kort	CD&V	Antwerp
Emmily Talpe	Open Vld	West Flanders	since 11 October 2014, replacing Bart Tommelein, who became Secretary of State in the Federal Government
Ann Brusseel	Open Vld	Brussels-Capital Region
Bart Somers	Open Vld	Antwerp
Marino Keulen	Open Vld	Limburg
Mathias De Clercq	Open Vld	East Flanders
Gwendolyn Rutten	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
Lionel Bajart	Open Vld	Brussels-Capital Region
Lydia Peeters	Open Vld	Limburg
Martine Taelman	Open Vld	Antwerp
Mercedes Van Volcem	Open Vld	West Flanders
Rik Daems	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
Freya Saeys	Open Vld	East Flanders
Jean-Jacques De Gucht	Open Vld	East Flanders
Willem-Frederik Schiltz	Open Vld	Antwerp
Jo De Ro	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
Francesco Vanderjeugd	Open Vld	West Flanders
Marnic De Meulemeester	Open Vld	East Flanders
Gwenny De Vroe	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
Herman De Croo	Open Vld	East Flanders
John Crombez	sp.a	West Flanders
Yamila Idrissi	sp.a	Brussels-Capital Region
Bruno Tobback	sp.a	Flemish Brabant
Freya Van den Bossche	sp.a	East Flanders
Caroline Gennez	sp.a	Antwerp
Bert Moyaers	sp.a	Limburg	since 2 March 2016, replacing Ingrid Lieten, who left politics
Kurt De Loor	sp.a	East Flanders
Rob Beenders	sp.a	Limburg
Jan Bertels	sp.a	Antwerp
Michèle Hostekint	sp.a	West FLanders
Katia Segers	sp.a	Flemish Brabant
Bart Van Malderen	sp.a	East Flanders
Renaat Landuyt	sp.a	West FLanders
Els Robeyns	sp.a	Limburg
Yasmine Kherbache	sp.a	Antwerp
Tine Soens	sp.a	West FLanders
Güler Turan	sp.a	Antwerp
Joris Vandenbroucke	sp.a	East Flanders	replaces Daniël Termont, who decided not to combine his function as Mayor of Ghent with this function
Imade Annouri	Groen	Antwerp
Bart Caron	Groen	West Flanders
Johan Danen	Groen	Limburg
Elisabeth Meuleman	Groen	East Flanders
An Moerenhout	Groen	Flemish Brabant
Ingrid Pira	Groen	Antwerp
Björn Rzoska	Groen	East Flanders
Hermes Sanctorum	Groen	Flemish Brabant	quit the party in September 2016
Wouter Van Besien	Groen	Antwerp
Elke Van den Brandt	Groen	Brussels Capital Region
Ortwin Depoortere	Vlaams Belang	East Flanders	since 28 September 2015, replacing Barbara Bonte, who resigned due to personal reasons
Guy D'Haeseleer	Vlaams Belang	East Flanders
Chris Janssens	Vlaams Belang	Limburg
Stefaan Sintobin	Vlaams Belang	West Flanders
Anke Van dermeersch	Vlaams Belang	Antwerp
Tom Van Grieken	Vlaams Belang	Antwerp
Christian Van Eyken	UF	Flemish Brabant

Sources

"Vlaamse Volksvertegenwoordigers" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
"Bureau" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 2010-07-18.

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