Minister-President of Wallonia Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Minister-President of Wallonia
Coat of arms of Wallonia
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 is like the main leader or "prime minister" for the Wallonia region in Belgium. Wallonia is one of the three main parts of Belgium. This person is in charge of the Government of Wallonia, which is the group that makes decisions and runs things for the region.

The official home and office for the Minister-President is called the Élysette. It's located in Namur, a city right next to the Meuse River.

It's important not to mix up the Minister-President of Wallonia with the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium. Even though both roles are in Belgium and involve French-speaking areas, they are different jobs with different responsibilities. Currently, the French Community is led by Pierre-Yves Jeholet [fr].

Leaders of Wallonia

This section shows a list of all the people who have been the Minister-President of Wallonia since the role was created. You can see who they were, when they were in office, and which political party they belonged to.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Government
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	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
8		Robert Collignon [fr] (1943–)	1995	25 January 1994	15 July 1999	5 years, 172 days		Collignon II	PS–PSC
9		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	1999	15 July 1999	4 April 2000	264 days		Di Rupo I	PS–PRL-FDF–Ecolo
10		Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (1944–)	—	4 April 2000	30 September 2005	5 years, 178 days		Van Cauwenberghe I	PS–PRL-FDF–Ecolo
10		Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (1944–)	2004	4 April 2000	30 September 2005	5 years, 178 days		Van Cauwenberghe II	PS–cdH
—		André Antoine (acting) (1951–)	—	30 September 2005	6 October 2005	6 days	Humanist Democratic Center (cdH)	Antoine	cdH–PS
11		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 (1963–)	—	20 July 2007	22 July 2014	7 years, 2 days		Demotte I	PS–cdH
12		Rudy Demotte (1963–)	2009	20 July 2007	22 July 2014	7 years, 2 days		Demotte II	PS–Ecolo–cdH
13		Paul Magnette (1971–)	2014	22 July 2014	28 July 2017	3 years, 6 days		Magnette	PS–cdH
14		Willy Borsus (1962–)	—	28 July 2017	13 September 2019	2 years, 46 days	Reformist Movement (MR)	Borsus	MR–cdH
15		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	2019	13 September 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 274 days	Socialist Party (PS)	Di Rupo III	PS–MR–Ecolo