Until 2014, the governor of the

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(All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (; ) had the responsibility to enforce laws concerned with public order in the

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, one of the three

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. The governor's powers were actually quite limited. Just as the governors of the

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, he headed the coordination of all necessary actions and emergency services during the provincial phase of a disaster on the territory of the Brussels-Capital Region. The governor of Brussels-Capital should not be confused with either the

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nor with the

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of the

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, which is one of the 19 municipalities of Brussels. The governor was appointed by the

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on the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers. The regional government also appointed the vice-governor, who was required to have a considerable knowledge of both French and Dutch and who had a duty to ensure that the legislation regarding the use of languages was observed in the Brussels Region. The agreement following the 2011 state reform included the removal of this post and it was abolished in 2014. Instead, there is a high official appointed by the Brussels Government.

List of governors

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, 1 January 1995 – 30 April 1998 * Raymonde Dury, May 1998 – 13 November 1998 * Véronique Paulus de Châtelet, 22 December 1998 – 1 January 2009 *Hugo Nys (acting), 1 January 2009 – October 2010 * Jean Clément (acting), October 2010 – 2014

References

External links

Brussels-Capital Region
''Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise'' (Brussels Regional Informatics Center)
Official site
, available in French and Dutch {{Brussels-Capital Region Government of Brussels