Minister-President of Flanders

Minister-President of Flanders
Regional flag
Incumbent Kris Peeters
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Kris Peeters
Formation	12 June 1989
Website	http://www.krispeeters.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.

List

No.	Name	Date of birth/death	Office Entered	Office Left	Party
1	Gaston Geens	10 June 1931 – 5 June 2002	22 December 1981	21 January 1992	CVP
2	Luc Van den Brande	15 October 1945	21 February 1992	13 July 1999	CVP
3	Patrick Dewael	13 October 1955	13 July 1999	5 June 2003	VLD
—	Renaat Landuyt (acting)	28 January 1959	5 June 2003	11 June 2003	SP.A
4	Bart Somers	12 May 1964	11 June 2003	20 July 2004	VLD
5	Yves Leterme	6 October 1960	20 July 2004	28 June 2007	CD&V
6	Kris Peeters	18 May 1962	28 June 2007	Incumbent	CD&V

Timeline

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