Minister-President of Flanders

Minister-President of
Flanders

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Incumbent
Kris Peeters
Term length Five years
Inaugural holder Kris Peeters
Formation 12 June 1989
Website http://www.krispeeters.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).

Usually the leader of the largest party of the 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. 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. Name Date of birth/death Office Entered Office Left Party
1 Gaston Geens 10 June 1931
–
5 June 2002		 22 December 1981 21 January 1992 CVP
2 Luc Van den Brande 15 October 1945 21 February 1992 13 July 1999 CVP
3 Patrick Dewael 13 October 1955 13 July 1999 5 June 2003 VLD
— Renaat Landuyt (acting) 28 January 1959 5 June 2003 11 June 2003 SP.A
4 Bart Somers 12 May 1964 11 June 2003 20 July 2004 VLD
5 Yves Leterme 6 October 1960 20 July 2004 28 June 2007 CD&V
6 Kris Peeters 18 May 1962 28 June 2007 Incumbent CD&V

Timeline


See also

Federal Belgium
Brussels-Capital Region
Flemish Region and Community
(merged institutions)
Flemish Government (Minister-President) — Flemish Parliament (members)
Walloon Region
French Community
German-speaking Community