List of Minister-Presidents of Flanders

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The minister-president of Flanders is the head of government of the Flemish region and community, which is a federal state of Belgium.

Usually the leader of the biggest party of Flemish Parliament becomes the minister-president. Regional elections are held every 5 years. The Flemish Parliament was elected directly for the first time in 1995, before 1995 the members of the Flemish Parliament were the members of the Flemish language group of the Federal Parliament of Belgium.

Rika De Backer	1974 - 1981	CVP	Only of Flemish Community
Gaston Geens	22 December 1981-21 January 1992	CVP
Luc Van den Brande	21 February 1992-1999	CVP
Patrick Dewael	13 July 1999-5 June 2003	VLD
Bart Somers	11 June 2003-20 July 2004	VLD
Yves Leterme	20 July 2004-present	CD&V

[edit] See also

• Politics of Flanders
• Flemish Parliament
• Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region
• List of Minister-Presidents of Wallonia