Speaker of the Flemish Parliament

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Jan Peumans, speaker 2009–2019

The speaker of the Flemish Parliament (

King
. The speaker also presides over the Bureau and the Extended Bureau of the Flemish Parliament and is assisted by four deputy speakers.


List of speakers of the Flemish Parliament

No. Name Entered office Left office Legislative term(s) Party
Cultural Council for the Dutch Cultural Community (Cultuurraad voor de Nederlandse Cultuurgemeenschap)
1. Robert Vandekerckhove 7 December 1971 9 May 1974 Christian People's Party (CVP)
2. Jan Bascour 9 May 1974 14 June 1977
Party for Freedom and Progress
(PVV)
3. Maurits Coppieters 14 June 1977 24 April 1979 People's Union (VU)
Flemish Council (Vlaamse Raad)
4. Rik Boel 24 April 1979 22 December 1981
Socialist Party
(SP)
5. Jean Pede 22 December 1981 3 December 1985
Party for Freedom and Progress
(PVV)
6. Frans Grootjans 3 December 1985 13 December 1987
Party for Freedom and Progress
(PVV)
7. Jean Pede 2 February 1988 18 October 1988
Party for Freedom and Progress
(PVV)
8. Louis Vanvelthoven 18 October 1988 13 January 1994
Socialist Party
(SP)
9. Eddy Baldewijns 13 January 1994 13 June 1995
Socialist Party
(SP)
Flemish Parliament (Vlaams Parlement)
10. Norbert De Batselier 13 June 1995 12 July 2006 (partial)
Socialist Party – Different
(sp.a)
11. Marleen Vanderpoorten 13 July 2006 13 July 2009 2004–2009 (partial)
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
(VLD)
12. Jan Peumans 13 July 2009 26 May 2019
2014–2019
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)
13. Kris Van Dijck 18 June 2019 11 July 2019 2019–2024 New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)
14. Wilfried Vandaele 13 July 2019 2 October 2019 2019–2024 New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)
15. Liesbeth Homans 2 October 2019 incumbent 2019–2024 New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)

See also