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
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
style="background:Template:BE party c;"| 1	Gaston Geens (1931–2002)	22 December 1981	21 January 1992	CVP
style="background:Template:BE party c;"| 2	Luc Van den Brande (1945– )	21 January 1992	13 July 1999	CVP
style="background:Template:BE party c; color:white"| 3	Patrick Dewael (1955– )	13 July 1999	5 June 2003	VLD
style="background:Template:BE party c; color:white"| 4	Bart Somers (1964– )	11 June 2003	20 July 2004	VLD
style="background:Template:BE party c;"| 5	Yves Leterme (1960– )	20 July 2004	28 June 2007	CD&V
style="background:Template:BE party c;"| 6	Kris Peeters (1962– )	28 June 2007	25 July 2014	CD&V
style="background:Template:BE party c;"| 7	Geert Bourgeois (1951– )	25 July 2014	Incumbent	N-VA

Timeline

Living former Minister-Presidents

Name	Term	Date of birth	Age
Luc Van den Brande	1992-1999	13 October 1945	78 years, 8 months
Patrick Dewael	1999-2003	13 October 1955	68 years, 8 months
Bart Somers	2003-2004	12 May 1964	60 years, 1 month
Yves Leterme	2004-2007	6 October 1960	63 years, 9 months
Kris Peeters	2007-2014	18 May 1962	62 years, 1 month

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 the Walloon Region
• Politics of Flanders
• Flemish Parliament
• Flemish Government