The Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region (french: Ministre-président de la région de Bruxelles-Capitale, nl, Minister-president van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) is the person leading the
Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
The government of the Brussels-Capital Region was the political administration of the Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) An election is held every five years. Th ...
.
[ (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.)] The post is appointed for 5 years along with 4
ministers and 3
"state" secretaries. While being the leader of the Government, the Minister-President also is the president of the College of the
Common Community Commission
The Common Community Commission (french: Commission communautaire commune, nl, Gemeenschappelijke Gemeenschapscommissie) is responsible for Brussels community matters that are common to both the French Community and the Flemish Community and for i ...
of Brussels.
The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region should neither be confused with the
Governor of Brussels-Capital nor with the
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
of the
City of Brussels
The City of Brussels (french: Ville de Bruxelles or alternatively ''Bruxelles-Ville'' ; nl, Stad Brussel or ''Brussel-Stad'') is the largest municipality and historical City centre, centre of the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, as well a ...
, which is one of the
19 municipalities of Brussels.
The Minister-President is not counted in the ratio of French-speaking to Dutch-speaking ministers. In practice every Minister-President has been a francophone, though bilingual.
List of officeholders
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from: 18/10/2000 till: 06/06/2003 color:liberal text:" de Donnea" fontsize:10
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from: 07/05/2013 till: 21/11/2022 color:socialist text:" Vervoort I-III" fontsize:10
Living former minister-presidents
See also
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Prime Minister of Belgium
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Minister-President of Flanders
The Minister-President of Flanders ( nl, Minister-president van Vlaanderen) is the head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Flemish Community.See the communities, regions and language areas of Belgiu ...
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Minister-President of the French Community
The minister-president of the French Community of Belgium () is the head of the Government of the French Community of Belgium.
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Minister-President of the German-speaking Community
The Minister-President of the German-speaking Community () is the head of the Government of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, one of the three Communities of the country.
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Minister-President of Wallonia
References
External links
Brussels-Capital Region Brussels Regional Informatics Center
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1989 establishments in Belgium
Brussels-Capital Region, Minister-Presidents
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