Minister-President of Flanders

Minister-President of Flanders
Coat of Arms
The Flemish Lion The official flag of Flanders
Incumbent Geert Bourgeois
Executive branch of the Flemish Government
Member of	Flemish Government
Residence	Errera House Koningsstraat 14 Brussels, Belgium
Seat	Martyrs' Square 19 Brussels, Belgium
Appointer	Monarch of Belgium
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).

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.

The incumbent Minister-President is Geert Bourgeois, head of the Bourgeois Government (Regering-Bourgeois) since July 2014.

List

№	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	Gaston Geens (1931–2002)	22 December 1981	21 January 1992	CVP
2	Luc Van den Brande (1945– )	21 January 1992	13 July 1999	CVP
3	Patrick Dewael (1955– )	13 July 1999	5 June 2003	VLD
—	Renaat Landuyt (acting) (1959– )	5 June 2003	11 June 2003	SP.A
4	Bart Somers (1964– )	11 June 2003	20 July 2004	VLD
5	Yves Leterme (1960– )	20 July 2004	28 June 2007	CD&V
6	Kris Peeters (1962– )	28 June 2007	25 July 2014	CD&V
7	Geert Bourgeois (1951– )	25 July 2014	Incumbent	N-VA