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Minister-President of Wallonia
Official coat of arms of Wallonia.svg
Coat of arms of Wallonia
Di Rupo cropped.jpg
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. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party Government
Took office Left office Time in office Name Composition
1 Jean-Maurice Dehousse
(1936–2023)
1981 22 December 1981 26 January 1982 35 days Socialist Party (PS) Dehousse I PS–PRL–PSC
2 André Damseaux
(1937–2007)
26 January 1982 25 October 1982 272 days Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) Damseaux PRL–PS–PSC
3 Jean-Maurice Dehousse
(1936–2023)
25 October 1982 11 December 1985 3 years, 46 days Socialist Party (PS) Dehousse II PS–PRL–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 PS–PSC
6 Bernard Anselme
(1945–)
11 May 1988 7 January 1992 3 years,

240 days

Anselme PS–PSC
7 Guy Spitaels
(1931–2012)
1991 7 January 1992 25 January 1994 2 years, 18 days Spitaels PS–PSC
8 Robert Collignon [fr]
(1943–)
25 January 1994 15 July 1999 5 years, 172 days Collignon I PS–PSC
1995 Collignon II PS–PSC
9 Di Rupo cropped.jpg Elio Di Rupo
(1951–)
1999 15 July 1999 4 April 2000 264 days Di Rupo I PS–PRL-FDF–Ecolo
10 Van-cau-si-cravate.jpg Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe
(1944–)
4 April 2000 30 September 2005 5 years, 178 days Van Cauwenberghe I PS–PRL-FDF–Ecolo
2004 Van Cauwenberghe II PS–cdH
André Antoine.jpg André Antoine (acting)
(1951–)
30 September 2005 6 October 2005 6 days Humanist Democratic Center (cdH) Antoine cdH–PS
11 Di Rupo cropped.jpg Elio Di Rupo
(1951–)
6 October 2005 20 July 2007 1 year, 287 days Socialist Party (PS) Di Rupo II PS–cdH
12 Rudy demotte.jpg Rudy Demotte
(1963–)
20 July 2007 22 July 2014 7 years,

2 days

Demotte I PS–cdH
2009 Demotte II PS–Ecolo–cdH
13 Paul Magnette 2012.jpg Paul Magnette
(1971–)
2014 22 July 2014 28 July 2017 3 years,

6 days

Magnette PS–cdH
14 Willy Borsus (2017) (cropped).jpg Willy Borsus
(1962–)
28 July 2017 13 September 2019 2 years, 46 days Reformist Movement (MR) Borsus MR–cdH
15 Di Rupo cropped.jpg Elio Di Rupo
(1951–)
2019 13 September 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 307 days Socialist Party (PS) Di Rupo III PS–MR–Ecolo

Timeline

Elio Di Rupo Willy Borsus Paul Magnette Rudy Demotte Elio Di Rupo André Antoine (politician) Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe Elio Di Rupo Guy Spitaels Bernard Anselme Guy Coëme Melchior Wathelet Jean-Maurice Dehousse André Damseaux Jean-Maurice Dehousse

See also

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