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

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.

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. 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, 251 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

Rudi VervoortCharles PicquéJacques SimonetDaniel DucarmeFrançois-Xavier de DonneaJacques SimonetCharles Picqué

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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