Minister-President of Wallonia
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Minister-President of Wallonia | |
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![]() Coat of arms of Wallonia | |
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[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Party | Government | |||
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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[edit]

Living former Minister-Presidents[edit]
Name | Term | Date of birth | Age |
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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 |