Minister-President of Flanders

The minister-president of Flanders () is the head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Community.

The incumbent officeholder is Matthias Diependaele, who took over from Jan Jambon, following the 2024 Belgian regional elections. The current government is made up of three parties, the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), Vooruit, and Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V). The ministers were sworn in on 30 September 2024. The government consists of nine ministers, five for the N-VA, two for Vooruit and two for CD&V.

Appointment

Following the election of the Flemish Parliament, a Flemish Government is formed with a maximum of eleven ministers. The largest party in the government coalition may choose the minister-president. Following the oath of office of all ministers before the Flemish Parliament, the minister-president alone takes the oath of office before the King as well.

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.

File:Hôtel Errera 1.JPG|The , the official residence of the Minister-President of Flanders and his ministers

File:Het Martelarenplein te Brussel.jpg|The cabinet offices are located at the Place des Martyrs/Martelaarsplein in Brussels

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List of officeholders

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! rowspan="2" |Name

! rowspan="2" |Elected

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Party

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Government

!Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

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| rowspan="4" |Gaston Geens

| 1981

| rowspan="4" |22 December 1981

| rowspan="4" |21 January 1992

| rowspan="4" |10 years 30 days

| rowspan="4" |CVP

| Geens I

| CVP, PVV, SP, VU

| 1985

| Geens II

| CVP, PVV

| rowspan=2|1987

| Geens III

| CVP, PVV

| Geens IV

| CVP, SP, PVV, VU

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| rowspan=4|100px

| rowspan=4|Luc Van den Brande

| rowspan="3" |1991

| rowspan=4|21 January 1992

| rowspan=4|13 July 1999

| rowspan="4" |7 years,

174 days

| rowspan=4|CVP

| Van den Brande I

| CVP, SP

| Van den Brande II

| CVP, SP, VU

| Van den Brande III

| CVP, SP, VU

| 1995

| Van den Brande IV

| CVP, SP

! style="background:"|3

| 100px

| Patrick Dewael

| 1999

| 13 July 1999

| 5 June 2003

|3 years,

327 days

| VLD

| Dewael

| VLD, SP, Agalev, VU-ID

! style="background:"|4

| 100px

| Bart Somers

| —

| 11 June 2003

| 20 July 2004

|1 year,

39 days

| VLD

| Somers

| VLD, sp.a, Groen!, Spirit

! style="background:"|5

| Yves Leterme

| 2004

| 20 July 2004

| 28 June 2007

|2 years,

342 days

| CD&V

| Leterme

| CD&V, sp.a-Spirit, VLD-Vivant, N-VA

! rowspan=2 style="background:"|6

| rowspan=2| 100px

| rowspan=2| Kris Peeters

| —

| rowspan=2| 28 June 2007

| rowspan=2| 25 July 2014

| rowspan="2" |7 years,

27 days

| rowspan=2| CD&V

| Peeters I

| CD&V, sp.a-Spirit, VLD, N-VA

| 2009

| Peeters II

| CD&V, sp.a, N-VA

! style="background:"|7

| 100px

| Geert Bourgeois

| 2014

| 25 July 2014

| 1 July 2019

|4 years,

350 days

| N-VA

| Bourgeois

| N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld

! style="background:"|8

| 100px

| Liesbeth Homans

| —

| 2 July 2019

| 1 October 2019

|91 days

| N-VA

| Homans

| N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld

! style="background:"|9

| 100px

| Jan Jambon

| 2019

| 2 October 2019

| 29 September 2024

|4 years, 363 days

| N-VA

| Jambon

| N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld

! style="background:"|10

| 100px

| Matthias Diependaele

| 2024

| 30 September 2024

| Incumbent

| N-VA

| Diependaele

| N-VA, Vooruit, CD&V

Timeline

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Minister-President of Flanders

Appointment

List of officeholders

Timeline

See also

References