Minister-President of Wallonia

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 (French: Ministre-président de Wallonie) is the head of the Government of Wallonia, the executive power of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium.

The official residence, known as the Élysette, is 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 [fr

].

List of officeholders

No.^[1]	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Government
No.^[1]	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Name	Composition
1		Jean-Maurice Dehousse (1936–2023)^{[citation needed]}	1981	22 December 1981	26 January 1982	35 days	Socialist Party (PS)	Dehousse I	PSC
2		André Damseaux (1937–2007)	—	26 January 1982	25 October 1982	272 days	Liberal Reformist Party (PRL)	Damseaux	PSC
3		Jean-Maurice Dehousse (1936–2023)	—	25 October 1982	11 December 1985	3 years, 46 days	Socialist Party (PS)	Dehousse II	PSC
4		Melchior Wathelet (1949–)	1985	11 December 1985	3 February 1988	2 years, 53 days	Christian-Social Party (PSC)	Wathelet	PSC–PRL
5		Guy Coëme (1946–)	1987	3 February 1988	9 May 1988	96 days	Socialist Party (PS)	Coëme	PSC
6		Bernard Anselme (1945–)	—	11 May 1988	7 January 1992	3 years, 240 days		Anselme	PSC
7		Guy Spitaels (1931–2012)	1991	7 January 1992	25 January 1994	2 years, 18 days		Spitaels	PSC
8		Robert Collignon [fr] (1943–)	—	25 January 1994	15 July 1999	5 years, 172 days		Collignon I	PSC
8		Robert Collignon [fr] (1943–)	1995	25 January 1994	15 July 1999	5 years, 172 days		Collignon II	PSC
9		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	1999	15 July 1999	4 April 2000	264 days		Di Rupo I	PS–PRL-FDF–Ecolo
10		Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (1944–)	—	4 April 2000	30 September 2005	5 years, 178 days		Van Cauwenberghe I	PS–PRL-FDF–Ecolo
10		Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (1944–)	2004	4 April 2000	30 September 2005	5 years, 178 days		Van Cauwenberghe II	cdH
—		André Antoine (acting) (1951–)	—	30 September 2005	6 October 2005	6 days	Humanist Democratic Center (cdH)	Antoine	PS
11		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	—	6 October 2005	20 July 2007	1 year, 287 days	Socialist Party (PS)	Di Rupo II	cdH
12		Rudy Demotte (1963–)	—	20 July 2007	22 July 2014	7 years, 2 days		Demotte I	cdH
12		Rudy Demotte (1963–)	2009	20 July 2007	22 July 2014	7 years, 2 days		Demotte II	cdH
13		Paul Magnette (1971–)	2014	22 July 2014	28 July 2017	3 years, 6 days		Magnette	cdH
14		Willy Borsus (1962–)	—	28 July 2017	13 September 2019	2 years, 46 days	Reformist Movement (MR)	Borsus	cdH
15		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	2019	13 September 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 225 days	Socialist Party (PS)	Di Rupo III	PS–MR–Ecolo

Timeline

References

^ Presidents are numbered according to uninterrupted periods served by the same person. For example, Jean-Maurice Dehousse was both the 1st president and the 3rd president because his two terms were not consecutive. A vice president who temporarily becomes acting president, like André Antoine, is not counted, because the president remains in office during such a period.