FLEMISH GOVERNMENT

The 'Flemish Government' 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.

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Flemish Government

Current Government composition

List of previous Flemish Minister-Presidents

Flemish government

See also

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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.
Since 19 July 2004, the Minister-President of Flanders has been Yves Leterme (CD&V), leading a coalition of CD&V-N-VA, VLD-Vivant, and SP.A-Spirit.
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.

Current Government composition

★ Kris Peeters, (CD&V), Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Institutional Reform, Ports, Agriculture, Sea Fisheries and Rural Policy

★ Fientje Moerman, (VLD), Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade

★ Frank Vandenbroucke, (SP.A), Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Work, Education and Training

★ Dirk Van Mechelen, (VLD), Flemish Minister for Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning

★ Bert Anciaux, (Spirit), Flemish Minister for Culture, Youth, Sport and Brussels Affairs

★ Geert Bourgeois, (N-VA), Flemish Minister for Administrative Affairs, Foreign Policy, Media and Tourism

★ 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.

★ Steven Vanackere, (CD&V), Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family

★ Hilde Crevits, (CD&V), Flemish Minister for Public Works, Energy, the Environment and Nature

List of previous Flemish Minister-Presidents

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

Flemish government

''Flemish government'' (without a capital G) 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

See also

★ Flanders

★ 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

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'')