The Speaker of the Flemish Parliament (Dutch: Voorzitter van het Vlaams Parlement) is the speaker of the Flemish Parliament. The Speaker is elected at the beginning of each parliamentary year, on the fourth Monday in September. The Speaker chairs the plenary sessions of the Flemish Parliament and acts as its official representative. He or she determines whether a certain initiative is admissible and thus can be put to parliament at all. The Flemish Ministers take the oath before the Speaker of the Flemish Parliament. Only the head of the Flemish government, the Flemish Minister-President, takes the oath before the King. The Speaker also presides over the Bureau and the Extended Bureau of the Flemish Parliament. She is assisted by four Deputy Speakers.
The current Speaker of the Flemish Parliament is Marleen Vanderpoorten of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD).
| No. | Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Vandekerckhove | 7 December 1971 | 9 May 1974 | Christian People's Party | |
| 2. | Jan Bascour | 9 May 1974 | 14 June 1977 | Party for Freedom and Progress | |
| 3. | Maurits Coppieters | 14 June 1977 | 24 April 1979 | People's Union | |
| 4. | Henri Boel | 24 April 1979 | 22 December 1981 | Belgian Socialist Party / Socialist Party | |
| 5. | Jean Pede | 22 December 1981 | 3 December 1985 | Party for Freedom and Progress | |
| 6. | Frans Grootjans | 3 December 1985 | 13 December 1987 | Party for Freedom and Progress | |
| 7. | Jean Pede | 2 February 1988 | 18 October 1988 | Party for Freedom and Progress | |
| 8. | Louis Vanvelthoven | 18 October 1988 | 13 January 1994 | Socialist Party | |
| 9. | Eddy Baldewijns | 13 January 1994 | 13 June 1995 | Socialist Party | |
| 10. | Norbert De Batselier | 13 June 1995 | 12 July 2006 | Socialist Party – Different | |
| 11. | Marleen Vanderpoorten | 13 July 2006 | July 2009 | Flemish Liberals and Democrats | |
| 12. | Jan Peumans | July 2009 | Incumbent | New Flemish Alliance | |