Minister-President of Wallonia

Minister-President of Wallonia
Coat of arms of Wallonia
Incumbent Elio Di Rupo since 13 September 2019
Residence	Élysette
Seat	Rue Mazy, 25-27 BE-5000 Namur
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Jean-Maurice Dehousse
Formation	22 December 1981
Website	http://gouvernement.wallonie.be

The Minister-President of Wallonia is the head of the Government of Wallonia, the executive power of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium.

He has his official residence, known as the Élysette, in Namur, along the Meuse River.

The Minister-President should not be confused with the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium, which is currently led by Pierre-Yves Jeholet.

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Party	Government
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Jean-Maurice Dehousse (1936–)	1981	22 December 1981	26 January 1982	35 days	PS	Dehousse I	PS, PRL, PSC
2		André Damseaux (1937–2007)	—	26 January 1982	25 October 1982	272 days	PRL	Damseaux	PRL, PS, PSC
3		Jean-Maurice Dehousse (1936–)	—	25 October 1982	11 December 1985	3 years, 46 days	PS	Dehousse II	PS, PRL, PSC
4		Melchior Wathelet (1949–)	1985	11 December 1985	3 February 1988	2 years, 53 days	PSC	Wathelet	PSC, PRL
5		Guy Coëme (1946–)	1987	3 February 1988	9 May 1988	96 days	PS	Coëme	PS, PSC
6		Bernard Anselme (1945–)	—	11 May 1988	7 January 1992	3 years, 240 days	PS	Anselme	PS, PSC
7		Guy Spitaels (1931–2012)	1991	7 January 1992	25 January 1994	2 years, 18 days	PS	Spitaels	PS, PSC
8		Robert Collignon (1943–)	—	25 January 1994	15 July 1999	5 years, 172 days	PS	Collignon I	PS, PSC
			1995					Collignon II	PS, PSC
9		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	1999	15 July 1999	4 April 2000	264 days	PS	Di Rupo I	PS, PRL-FDF, Ecolo
10		Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (1944–)	—	4 April 2000	30 September 2005	5 years, 178 days	PS	Van Cauwenberghe I	PS, PRL-FDF, Ecolo
			2004					Van Cauwenberghe II	PS, cdH
—		André Antoine (acting) (1951–)	—	30 September 2005	6 October 2005	6 days	cdH	Antoine	cdH, PS
11		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	—	6 October 2005	20 July 2007	1 year, 287 days	PS	Di Rupo II	PS, cdH
12		Rudy Demotte (1963–)	—	20 July 2007	22 July 2014	7 years, 2 days	PS	Demotte I	PS, cdH
			2009					Demotte II	PS, Ecolo, cdH
13		Paul Magnette (1971–)	2014	22 July 2014	28 July 2017	3 years, 6 days	PS	Magnette	PS, cdH
14		Willy Borsus (1962–)	—	28 July 2017	13 September 2019	2 years, 46 days	MR	Borsus	MR, cdH
15		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	2019	13 September 2019	Incumbent	1 year, 175 days	PS	Di Rupo III	PS, MR, Ecolo

Timeline

Living former Minister-Presidents

Name	Term	Date of birth	Age
Jean-Maurice Dehousse	1981-1982 & 1982-1985	11 October 1936	84 years, 4 months
Melchior Wathelet	1985-1988	6 March 1949	72 years
Guy Coëme	1988	21 August 1946	74 years, 6 months
Bernard Anselme	1988-1992	3 November 1945	75 years, 4 months
Robert Collignon	1994-1999	10 February 1943	78 years
Elio Di Rupo	1999-2000 & 2005-2007 & 2019-	18 July 1951	69 years, 7 months
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe	2000-2005	28 April 1944	76 years, 10 months
André Antoine	2005	3 February 1960	61 years, 1 month
Rudy Demotte	2007-2014	3 June 1963	57 years, 9 months
Paul Magnette	2014-2017	28 June 1971	49 years, 8 months
Willy Borsus	2017-2019	4 April 1962	58 years, 11 months

See also

• Prime Minister of Belgium
• Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region
• Minister-President of Flanders
• Minister-President of the French Community
• Minister-President of the German-speaking Community