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Minister-President of Flanders

Head of the Flemish Government

Summary

Head of the Flemish Government

Field	Value
post	Minister-President
body	Flanders
native_name	Minister-president van Vlaanderen
flag	Flag of Flanders.svg
flagsize	110px
flagcaption	Flag of Flanders
insignia	Arms_of_Flanders.svg
insigniasize	100px
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of Flanders
termlength	Five years
department	Executive branch of the Flemish Government
seat	Martyrs' Square 19
Brussels, Belgium
residence	Errera House
Koningsstraat 14
Brussels, Belgium
image	2Photographers Matthias Diependaele.jpg
imagesize	200px
incumbent	Matthias Diependaele
incumbentsince	30 September 2024
member_of	Flemish Government
appointer	King of the Belgians
formation	22 December 1981
inaugural	Gaston Geens
deputy	Hilde Crevits
Bart Somers
Ben Weyts
precursor	President of the Flemish Executive
constituting_instrument	Constitution of Belgium
salary	€253,000 annually
website	http://www.flanders.be/

Brussels, Belgium Koningsstraat 14 Brussels, Belgium Bart Somers Ben Weyts The minister-president of Flanders () is the head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Flemish 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

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office	Political	Government	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Christian Democratic and Flemish}}"	1	Christian Democratic and Flemish}}"	2	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}"	3	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}"	4	Christian Democratic and Flemish}}"	5	Christian Democratic and Flemish}}"	6	New Flemish Alliance}}"	7	New Flemish Alliance}}"	8	New Flemish Alliance}}"	9	New Flemish Alliance}}"	10
	Gaston Geens
(1931–2002)	1981	22 December 1981	21 January 1992	10 years 30 days	CVP	Geens I	CVP, PVV, SP, VU
1985	Geens II	CVP, PVV
1987	Geens III	CVP, PVV
Geens IV	CVP, SP, PVV, VU
[[File:Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Congress Bonn (630) (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Luc Van den Brande
(born 1945)	1991	21 January 1992	13 July 1999	7 years,	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
[[File:President of the Chamber of Representatives Patrick Dewael, Brussels, 2009.jpg	100px]]	Patrick Dewael
(born 1955)	1999	13 July 1999	5 June 2003	3 years,	VLD	Dewael	VLD, SP, Agalev, VU-ID
[[File:Bart Somers (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Bart Somers
(born 1964)	—	11 June 2003	20 July 2004	1 year,	VLD	Somers	VLD, sp.a, Groen!, Spirit
	Yves Leterme
(born 1960)	2004	20 July 2004	28 June 2007	2 years,	CD&V	Leterme	CD&V, sp.a-Spirit, VLD-Vivant, N-VA
[[File:Kris-peeters-1391318830 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Kris Peeters
(born 1962)	—	28 June 2007	25 July 2014	7 years,	CD&V	Peeters I	CD&V, sp.a-Spirit, VLD, N-VA
2009	Peeters II	CD&V, sp.a, N-VA
[[File:Geert Bourgeois.jpg	100px]]	Geert Bourgeois
(born 1951)	2014	25 July 2014	1 July 2019	4 years,	N-VA	Bourgeois	N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld
[[File:Liesbeth-homans-1369839691.jpg	100px]]	Liesbeth Homans
(born 1973)	—	2 July 2019	1 October 2019	91 days	N-VA	Homans	N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld
[[File:Jan jambon-1529408527.jpg	100px]]	Jan Jambon
(born 1960)	2019	2 October 2019	29 September 2024	4 years, 363 days	N-VA	Jambon	N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld
[[File:2Photographers Matthias Diependaele.jpg	100px]]	Matthias Diependaele
(born 1979)	2024	30 September 2024	Incumbent		N-VA	Diependaele	N-VA, Vooruit, CD&V

Timeline

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DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1981 till:01/01/2026 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1985 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1981 Legend = columns:4 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:120

TextData = pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Political parties:"

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from: 22/12/1981 till: 21/01/1992 color:christian text:"Geens I-IV" fontsize:10 from: 21/01/1992 till: 13/07/1999 color:christian text:"Van den Brande I-IV" fontsize:10 from: 13/07/1999 till: 05/06/2003 color:liberal text:"Dewael" fontsize:10 from: 11/06/2003 till: 20/07/2004 color:liberal text:"Somers" fontsize:10 from: 20/07/2004 till: 28/06/2007 color:christian text:"Leterme" fontsize:10 from: 28/06/2007 till: 25/07/2014 color:christian text:"Peeters I-II" fontsize:10 from: 25/07/2014 till: 01/07/2019 color:nva text:"Bourgeois" fontsize:10 from: 02/07/2019 till: 01/10/2019 color:nva text:"Homans" fontsize:10 from: 02/10/2019 till: 29/09/2024 color:nva text:"Jambon" fontsize:10 from: 30/09/2024 till: 06/07/2025 color:nva text:"Diependaele" fontsize:10

References

[http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20130721_00666080 Geen manager mag meer verdienen dan Kris Peeters], Het Nieuwsblad, Retrieved 2014-07-24.
See the [[communities, regions and language areas of Belgium]].

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