List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2009–14
This is a list of current Members of the Flemish Parliament, arranged alphabetically. The Flemish Parliament is in its 12th legislature, which started in 2009 (after the Belgian regional elections of 2009) and will last until 2014. However, it is only the fourth legislature since the Members of the Flemish Parliament were first elected.
Contents
Results
Parties | Parliament | ||||||||
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Votes | +/− | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | ||||
Christian Democratic and Flemish Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams |
939,873 | 22.86 | −3.23 | 31 | −4 | ||||
Flemish Interest Vlaams Belang |
628,564 | 15.28 | −8.86 | 21 | −11 | ||||
Socialist Party – Differently Socialistische Partij Anders |
627,852 | 15.27 | −4.39 | 19 | −6 | ||||
Flemish Liberals and Democrats Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten |
616,610 | 14.99 | −4.80 | 21 | −4 | ||||
New Flemish Alliance Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie |
537,040 | 13.06 | +13.06 | 16 | +16 | ||||
List Dedecker Lijst Dedecker |
313,176 | 7.62 | +7.62 | 8 | +8 | ||||
Green! Groen! |
278,211 | 6.77 | −0.83 | 7 | +1 | ||||
Union of Francophones Union des Francophones |
47,319 | 1.15 | +0.08 | 1 | ±0 | ||||
Total | 4,112,325 | 124 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 239,482 | 5.50% | |||||||
Source: Federal Portal − Chamber Elections 2010. |
Leadership
Bureau
This is a list of the current members of the Bureau of the Flemish Parliament.
Speakers
Office | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Speaker | Jan Peumans | N-VA | |
1st Deputy Speaker | Veerle Heeren | CD&V | |
2nd Deputy Speaker | Marijke Dillen | Vlaams Belang | |
3rd Deputy Speaker | Dirk Van Mechelen | Open VLD | |
4th Deputy Speaker | Mia De Vits | SP.A | |
5th Deputy Speaker | Jos De Meyer | CD&V | |
6th Deputy Speaker | Filip Dewinter | Vlaams Belang |
Secretaries
Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|
Eric Van Rompuy | CD&V | |
Marino Keulen | Open VLD | |
Bart Martens | SP.A |
Floor leaders
This is a list of the current floor leaders of the recognised fractions. They form the Extended Bureau together with the members of the Bureau.
Floor leader | Party | |
---|---|---|
Koen Van den Heuvel | CD&V | |
Joris Van Hauthem | Vlaams Belang | |
Sas van Rouveroij | Open VLD | |
Matthias Diependaele (2009-2012: Kris Van Dijck) |
N-VA | |
Bart Van Malderen | SP.A | |
Lode Vereeck | Lijst Dedecker | |
Elisabeth Meuleman | Groen |
List of current Representatives
† Elected as member of Vlaams Belang; joined the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) on 31 August 2011.
‡ Elected as members of Vlaams Belang; became independent representatives on 20 July 2011 (Ackers) and 12 July 2012 (Van Steenberge).
Changes during the legislature
Representatives who chose not to sit
Name | Fraction | Constituency | Date of resignation | Replacement | Notes | |
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Gerolf Annemans | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Jan Penris | Stays federal representative | |
Jean-Marie Dedecker | Lijst Dedecker | West Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Ivan Sabbe | Stays federal representative | |
Johan Demol | Vlaams Belang | Brussels-Capital Region | 30 June 2009 | Erik Arckens | Stays Brussels representative | |
Guy D'Haeseleer | Vlaams Belang | East Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Erik Tack | Stays federal representative | |
Annick Ponthier | Vlaams Belang | Limburg | 30 June 2009 | Katleen Martens | Stays federal representative | |
Bart Somers | Open VLD | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Annick De Ridder | Stays federal representative | |
Dirk Sterckx | Open VLD | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Peter Gysbrechts | Becomes member of the European Parliament | |
Daniël Termont | SP.A | East Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Bart Van Malderen | Stays mayor of Ghent | |
Erika Thijs | CD&V | Limburg | 30 June 2009 | Lode Ceyssens | Stays federal senator | |
Bruno Valkeniers | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Marleen Van den Eynde | Stays federal representative | |
Kathleen Van Brempt | SP.A | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Bart Martens | Becomes member of the European Parliament | |
Anke Van dermeersch | Vlaams Belang | East Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Wim Wienen | Stays federal senator | |
Frank Van Hecke | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Stefaan Sintobin | Becomes member of the European Parliament | |
Brigitte Grouwels | CD&V | Brussels-Capital Region | 13 July 2009 | Paul Delva | Stays Brussels representative | |
Yves Leterme | CD&V | West Flanders | 13 July 2009 | Jan Durnez | Stays federal senator |
Representatives who resigned
Sources
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