Minister-President of Flanders
| Minister-President of Flanders | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms | |
 The Flemish Lion The official flag of Flanders | |
| Executive branch of the Flemish Government | |
| Member of | Flemish Government |
| Residence |
Errera House Koningsstraat 14 Brussels, Belgium |
| Seat |
Martyrs' Square 19 Brussels, Belgium |
| Appointer | King of the Belgians |
| Term length | Five years |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Belgium |
| Precursor | President of the Flemish Executive |
| Inaugural holder | Gaston Geens |
| Formation | 22 December 1981 |
| Deputy |
Liesbeth Homans Hilde Crevits Annemie Turtelboom |
| Salary | €242,000 annually[1] |
| Website | http://www.flanders.be/ |
The Minister-President of Flanders (Dutch: Minister-president van Vlaanderen) is the head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Flemish Community (see the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium).
The incumbent Minister-President is Geert Bourgeois, head of the Bourgeois Government (Regering-Bourgeois) since July 2014.
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
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Election | Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaston Geens (1931–2002) |
22 December 1981 | 21 January 1992 | CVP | 1981 | Geens I | CVP, PVV, SP, VU | ||
| 1985 | Geens II | CVP, PVV | |||||||
| 1987 | Geens III | CVP, PVV | |||||||
| Geens IV | CVP, SP, PVV, VU | ||||||||
| 2 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Luc Van den Brande (born 1945) |
21 January 1992 | 13 July 1999 | CVP | 1991 | Van den Brand I | CVP, SP | |
| Van den Brand II | CVP, SP, VU | ||||||||
| Van den Brand III | CVP, SP, VU | ||||||||
| 1995 | Van den Brand IV | CVP, SP | |||||||
| 3 | Patrick Dewael (born 1955) |
13 July 1999 | 5 June 2003 | VLD | 1999 | Dewael | VLD, SP, Agalev, VU-ID | ||
| 4 | .jpg) |
Bart Somers (born 1964) |
11 June 2003 | 20 July 2004 | VLD | — | Somers | VLD, sp.a, Groen!, Spirit | |
| 5 |  |
Yves Leterme (born 1960) |
20 July 2004 | 28 June 2007 | CVP | 2004 | Leterme | CVP, sp.a-Spirit, VLD-Vivant, N-VA | |
| 6 | .jpg) |
Kris Peeters (born 1962) |
28 June 2007 | 25 July 2014 | CVP | — | Peeters I | CD&V, sp.a-Spirit, VLD, N-VA | |
| 2009 | Peeters II | CD&V, sp.a, N-VA | |||||||
| 7 |  |
Geert Bourgeois (born 1951) |
25 July 2014 | Incumbent | N-VA | 2014 | Bourgeois | N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld | |
Timeline
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.
| Name | Term | Date of birth | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luc Van den Brande | 1992-1999 | 13 October 1945 | 72 years, 11 months |
| Patrick Dewael | 1999-2003 | 13 October 1955 | 62 years, 11 months |
| Bart Somers | 2003-2004 | 12 May 1964 | 54 years, 5 months |
| Yves Leterme | 2004-2007 | 6 October 1960 | 58 years |
| Kris Peeters | 2007-2014 | 18 May 1962 | 56 years, 4 months |
See also
References
- ↑ Geen manager mag meer verdienen dan Kris Peeters, Het Nieuwsblad, Retrieved 2014-07-24.
