Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region

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

The Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: 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

№	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1	Charles Picqué (1st term) (1948– )	12 July 1989	15 July 1999	PS
2	Jacques Simonet (1st term) (1963–2007)	15 July 1999	18 October 2000	PRL
3	François-Xavier de Donnea (1941– )	18 October 2000	6 June 2003	PRL/MR
4	Daniel Ducarme (1954–2010)	6 June 2003	18 February 2004	MR
(2)	Jacques Simonet (2nd term) (1963–2007)	18 February 2004	19 July 2004	MR
(1)	Charles Picqué (2nd term) (1948– )	19 July 2004	7 May 2013	PS
7	Rudi Vervoort (1958– )	7 May 2013	Incumbent	PS

Timeline

Living former Minister-Presidents

Name	Term	Date of birth	Age
Charles Picqué	1989-1999 & 2004-2013	1 November 1948	68 years, 1 month
François-Xavier de Donnea	2000-2003	29 April 1941	75 years, 7 months

See also

• Prime Minister of Belgium
• Minister-President of Flanders
• Minister-President of the French Community
• Minister-President of the German-speaking Community
• Minister-President of the Walloon Region

References

1. "The Belgian Constitution (English version)" (PDF). Belgian House of Representatives. January 2009. 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. 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.)

External links

• Brussels-Capital Region. Brussels Regional Informatics Center