Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region

Minister-President of
the Brussels-Capital Region

Regional flag
Incumbent
Charles Picqué
Term length Five years
Inaugural holder Charles Picqué
Formation 12 June 1989
Website www.charlespicque.be
Brussels

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The Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) is the person leading the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region.[1][2] The post is appointed for 5 years along with 4 ministers and 3 "state" secretaries. While being the leader of the Government, the Minister-President also is the president of the College of the Common Community Commission of Brussels.

The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region should neither be confused with the Governor of Brussels-Capital nor with the mayor of the City of Brussels, which is one of the 19 municipalities of Brussels.

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List

No. Name Date of birth/death Office Entered Office Left Party
1 Charles Picqué (1st term) 1 November 1948 12 July 1989 15 July 1999 PS
2 Jacques Simonet (1st term) 21 December 1963

14 June 2007
15 July 1999 18 October 2000 PRL
3 François-Xavier de Donnea 29 April 1941 18 October 2000 6 June 2003 PRL/MR
4 Daniel Ducarme 8 March 1954

28 August 2010
6 June 2003 18 February 2004 MR
5 Jacques Simonet (2nd term) 21 December 1963

14 June 2007
18 February 2004 19 July 2004 MR
6 Charles Picqué (2nd term) 1 November 1948 19 July 2004 Incumbent PS

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Belgian Constitution (English version)" (PDF). Belgian House of Representatives. January 2009. http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/publications/constitution/grondwetEN.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-05. "Article 3: Belgium comprises three Regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels region. Article 4: Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the French speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the German-speaking region." 
  2. ^ "Brussels-Capital Region: Creation". Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center). 2009. http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/en/region/region_de_bruxelles-capitale/creation.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-05. "Since 18 June 1989, the date of the first regional elections, the Brussels-Capital Region has been an autonomous region comparable to the Flemish and Walloon Regions."  (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.)

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