The minister-president of Flanders () is the head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Community.See the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.
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.
List of officeholders PortraitNameElectedTerm of officePolitical PartyGovernmentTook officeLeft officeTime in office1Gaston Geens 198122 December 198121 January 199210 years 30 daysCVP Geens I CVP, PVV, SP, VU 1985 Geens II CVP, PVV1987 Geens III CVP, PVV Geens IV CVP, SP, PVV, VU2Luc Van den Brande199121 January 199213 July 19997 years, 174 daysCVP 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, SP3 Patrick Dewael 1999 13 July 1999 5 June 20033 years, 327 days VLD Dewael VLD, SP, Agalev, VU-ID4 Bart Somers — 11 June 2003 20 July 20041 year, 39 days VLD Somers VLD, sp.a, Groen!, Spirit5 Yves Leterme 2004 20 July 2004 28 June 20072 years,
342 days CD&V Leterme CD&V, sp.a-Spirit, VLD-Vivant, N-VA6 Kris Peeters — 28 June 2007 25 July 20147 years,
27 days CD&V Peeters I CD&V, sp.a-Spirit, VLD, N-VA 2009 Peeters II CD&V, sp.a, N-VA7 Geert Bourgeois 2014 25 July 2014 1 July 20194 years,
350 days N-VA Bourgeois N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld8 Liesbeth Homans — 2 July 2019 1 October 201991 days N-VA Homans N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld9 Jan Jambon 2019 2 October 2019 29 September 20244 years, 363 days N-VA Jambon N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld10 Matthias Diependaele 2024 30 September 2024 Incumbent N-VA Diependaele N-VA, Vooruit, CD&V
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See also Prime Minister of Belgium Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region Minister-President of the French Community Minister-President of the German-speaking Community Minister-President of Wallonia Politics of Flanders Flemish Parliament Flemish Government
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