The Flemish Government (Dutch: Vlaamse Regering (help·info)) is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region. It consists of up to maximum eleven ministers, chosen by the Flemish Parliament. At least one minister must come from Brussels.

Contents 1 Flemish Government 1.1 Composition 1.1.1 Leterme I / Peeters I 2004-2009 1.1.2 Peeters II 2009-2014 1.2 List of Flemish Minister-Presidents 2 Flemish government 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Flemish Government

The executive branch of government consists of a limited number (maximum 11) of ministers drawn from the political parties which, in practice, form the government coalition. The ministers are appointed by the Flemish Parliament. The Cabinet is chaired by the Flemish Minister-President. Ministers head executive departments of the government. Ministers must defend their policies and performance in person before the Flemish Parliament. The Flemish Government must receive and keep the confidence of the Flemish Parliament.

From 19 July 2004 to 26 June 2007, the Minister-President of Flanders was Yves Leterme (CD&V), leading a coalition of CD&V-N-VA, VLD-Vivant, and SP.A-Vl.Pro.

On 26 June 2007, in the aftermath of the 2007 Belgian general elections, Yves Leterme and Inge Vervotte resigned as minister-president and minister in the Flemish Government to take their seats in the Belgian Parliament. On June 28, Kris Peeters was sworn in as new minister-president, taking over the responsibilities of Leterme, and Vanackere and Crevits replaced Vervotte and Peeters as Flemish ministers.

On 10 October 2007 Fientje Moerman resigned due to the fallout of a hiring scandal; she was replaced as vice-minister-president by Dirk Van Mechelen and as minister by Patricia Ceysens.

On 22 September 2008 Geert Bourgeois (N-VA) was forced to resign due to pressure by the SP.a-Vl.Pro and Open VLD coalition partners because of his party's no confidence vote in the federal government of Leterme and their lack of trust in further negotiations by the Regions regarding the state reform. His portfolio's of Administrative Affairs, Foreign Policy, Media and Tourism were taken over by minister-president Peeters.

On December 30, 2008 Steven Vanackere resigned to become federal Minister of Civil Service and Public Enterprises. He was replaced in the Flemish government by Veerle Heeren.

On July 11, 2009, following the elections of June 11, Kris Peeters announced the composition of the new government under his own leadership, a coalition of CD&V, N-VA and SP.A.

[edit] Composition

[edit] Leterme I / Peeters I 2004-2009

Name	Party	Function
Kris Peeters	CD&V	Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Institutional Reform, Ports, Agriculture, Sea Fisheries and Rural Policy
Frank Vandenbroucke	SP.A	Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Work, Education and Training
Dirk Van Mechelen	VLD	Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning
Bert Anciaux	SP.a	Flemish Minister for Culture, Youth, Sport and Brussels Affairs
Marino Keulen	VLD	Flemish Minister for Home Affairs, Urban Policy, Housing and Civic Integration
Kathleen Van Brempt	SP.A	Flemish Minister for Mobility, Social Economy and Equal Opportunities.
Hilde Crevits	CD&V	Flemish Minister for Public Works, Energy, the Environment and Nature
Patricia Ceysens	VLD	Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade
Veerle Heeren	CD&V	Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family

[edit] Peeters II 2009-2014

Name	Party	Function
Kris Peeters	CD&V	Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Foreign Policy, Agriculture and Rural Policy
Ingrid Lieten	SP.A	Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Innovation, Public Investment, Media and Poverty Reduction
Geert Bourgeois	N-VA	Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Administrative Affairs, Local and Provincial Government, Civic Integration, Tourism and the Vlaamse Rand
Jo Vandeurzen	CD&V	Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family
Hilde Crevits	CD&V	Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works
Freya Van den Bossche	SP.A	Flemish Minister for Energy, Housing, Cities and Social Economy
Philippe Muyters	N-VA	Flemish Minister for Finance, Budget, Work, Town and Country Planning and Sport
Joke Schauvliege	CD&V	Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture
Pascal Smet	SP.A	Flemish Minister for Education, Youth, Equal Opportunities and Brussels Affairs

[edit] List of Flemish Minister-Presidents

Name	Period	Party	Comments
Rika De Backer	1974 - 1981	CVP	Only of Flemish Community
Gaston Geens	22 December 1981-21 January 1992	CVP
Luc Van den Brande	21 February 1992-1999	CVP
Patrick Dewael	13 July 1999-5 June 2003	VLD
Bart Somers	11 June 2003-20 July 2004	VLD
Yves Leterme	20 July 2004-28 June 2007	CD&V
Kris Peeters	28 June 2007-present	CD&V

[edit] Flemish government

Flemish government (without a capital G, Dutch: Vlaamse overheid) denotes the Flemish civil service. With the reform program Better Administrative Policy (Dutch: Beter Bestuurlijk Beleid), the Flemish civil service is designed to make the Flemish public administration more efficient and transparent.

The tasks of the Flemish public administration are now organised in 13 policy areas. Each policy area comprises a department and a number of (semi-) independent government agencies.

The 13 policy areas are:

• Services for the General Government Policy
• Administrative Affairs
• Foreign Affairs
• Finance and Budget
• Education and Training
• Economy, Science and Innovation
• Culture, Youth, Sport and Media
• Welfare, Public Health and Family
• Agriculture and Fisheries
• Work and Social Economy
• Mobility and Public Works
• Environment, Nature and Energy
• Town and Country Planning, Housing Policy and Immovable Heritage

[edit] See also

• Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
• Government of the French Community
• Flanders
• Flanders in Action
• Flanders Investment and Trade (FIT)
• Flemish Council for Science Policy (VRWB)
• Flemish Energy Agency
• Flemish institute for technological research (VITO)
• Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB)
• GIMV
• Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
• Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen
• Technopolis
• Politics of Flanders

[edit] External links

• Flemish government (Dutch: Vlaamse overheid), in English
• Flemish government (Dutch: Vlaamse overheid), in Dutch
• Flemish Parliament (Dutch: Vlaams Parlement)
• Flemish Government (Dutch: Vlaamse Regering)
• Composition of the Flemish Government, in English