Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region

Minister-President of
the Brussels-Capital Region
Minister-President of ; the Brussels-Capital Region
	Regional flag
	Incumbent; Rudi Vervoort; since 7 May 2013
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Charles Picqué
Formation	12 June 1989

The minister-president of the Brussels Capital-Region (

"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

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
		Term of office					Dutch-speaking	French-speaking
		Took office	Left office	Time in office			Dutch-speaking	French-speaking
1	Charles Picqué (1948– )	12 July 1989	15 July 1999	10 years, 3 days	PS	Picqué I	SP, VU	PSC, FDF
1	Charles Picqué (1948– )	12 July 1989	15 July 1999	10 years, 3 days	PS	Picqué II	SP, VU	PS, PRL-FDF
2	Jacques Simonet (1963–2007)	15 July 1999	18 October 2000	1 year, 94 days	PRL	Simonet I	SP	PS
3	François-Xavier de Donnea (1941– )	18 October 2000	6 June 2003	2 years, 232 days	PRL/ MR	de Donnea	SP	PS
4	Daniel Ducarme (1954–2010)	6 June 2003	18 February 2004	1 year, 43 days	MR	Ducarme	SP	PS
5	Jacques Simonet (1963–2007)	18 February 2004	19 July 2004	1 year, 43 days	MR	Simonet II	SP	PS
6	Charles Picqué (1948– )	19 July 2004	7 May 2013	8 years, 291 days	PS	Picqué III	CD&V	cdH, Ecolo
6	Charles Picqué (1948– )	19 July 2004	7 May 2013	8 years, 291 days	PS	Picqué IV	CD&V, Groen	cdH, Ecolo
7	Rudi Vervoort (1958– )	7 May 2013	Incumbent	10 years, 354 days	PS	Vervoort I	CD&V, Groen	cdH
						Vervoort II	CD&V	cdH
						Vervoort III	sp.a	PS, Ecolo, DéFI

Timeline

References

^ "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.
^ "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.)