Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region

The minister-president of the Brussels Capital-Region (French: Ministre-président de la région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Minister-president van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) is the person leading the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region.[1][2] The post is appointed for 5 years along with 4 ministers and 3 "state" secretaries. While being the leader of the Government, the Minister-President also is the president of the college of the Common Community Commission of Brussels.

Minister-President of
the Brussels-Capital Region
Regional flag
Incumbent
Rudi Vervoort
since 7 May 2013
Term lengthFive years
Inaugural holderCharles Picqué
Formation12 June 1989
Politics and government
of Brussels
Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region
Government
Parliament
  • 2019 election
  • 2014 election
  • 2009 election
  • 2004 election
  • 1999 election
  • 1995 election
  • Building
Parties
Municipalities
Issues

The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region should neither be confused with the Governor of Brussels-Capital nor with the mayor of the City of Brussels, which is one of the 19 municipalities of Brussels.

The Minister-President is not counted in the ratio of French-speaking to Dutch-speaking ministers. In practice every Minister-President has been a francophone, though bilingual.

List of officeholders
No. Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of office Party Government Coalition
Dutch-speaking French-speaking
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Charles Picqué
(1948– )		 12 July 1989 15 July 1999 10 years,

3 days

 PS Picqué I CVP, SP, VU PS, PSC, FDF
Picqué II PS, PRL-FDF
2 Jacques Simonet
(1963–2007)		 15 July 1999 18 October 2000 1 year,

94 days

 PRL Simonet I CVP, VLD, SP PRL-FDF, PS
3 François-Xavier de Donnea
(1941– )		 18 October 2000 6 June 2003 2 years,

232 days

 PRL/MR de Donnea CVP, VLD, SP PRL-FDF, PS
4 Daniel Ducarme
(1954–2010)		 6 June 2003 18 February 2004 1 year,

43 days

 MR Ducarme CD&V, VLD, SP MR, PS
5 Jacques Simonet
(1963–2007)		 18 February 2004 19 July 2004 MR Simonet II CD&V, VLD, SP MR, PS
6 Charles Picqué
(1948– )		 19 July 2004 7 May 2013 8 years,

291 days

 PS Picqué III VLD, sp.a, CD&V PS, cdH, Ecolo
Picqué IV Open VLD, CD&V, Groen
7 Rudi Vervoort
(1958– )		 7 May 2013 Incumbent 10 years, 365 days PS Vervoort I Open VLD, CD&V, Groen PS, Ecolo, cdH
Vervoort II Open VLD, sp.a, CD&V PS, DéFI, cdH
Vervoort III Groen, Open VLD, sp.a PS, Ecolo, DéFI

Timeline

See also

References
  1. "The Belgian Constitution (English version)" (PDF). Belgian House of Representatives. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-06-05. Article 3: Belgium comprises three Regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels region. Article 4: Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the French speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the German-speaking region.
  2. "Brussels-Capital Region: Creation". Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center). 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05. Since 18 June 1989, the date of the first regional elections, the Brussels-Capital Region has been an autonomous region comparable to the Flemish and Walloon Regions. (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.)
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