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The Speaker of the Flemish Parliament ( nl, Voorzitter van het Vlaams Parlement) is the presiding member of the

Flemish Parliament The Flemish Parliament (Dutch: , formerly called Flemish Council or ''Vlaamse Raad'') constitutes the legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and as a cultural communi ...

, which is the legislature of

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...

(

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

). The speaker is elected at the beginning of each parliamentary year, on the fourth Monday in September. The Speaker chairs the plenary sessions of the Flemish Parliament and acts as its official representative. The speaker determines whether a certain initiative is admissible and thus can be put to parliament at all. The Flemish Ministers take the oath before the Speaker of the Flemish Parliament. Only the head of the Flemish government, the

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 ...

, takes the oath before the

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

. The Speaker also presides over the Bureau and the Extended Bureau of the Flemish Parliament and is assisted by four Deputy Speakers.

List of speakers of the Flemish Parliament

{, class=wikitable ! colspan="2" , No. ! Name ! Entered office ! Left office ! Legislative term(s) ! Party , - , colspan="7" , Cultural Council for the Dutch Cultural Community (''Cultuurraad voor de Nederlandse Cultuurgemeenschap'') , - , bgcolor="orange" , , , 1. , Robert Vandekerckhove , 7 December 1971 , 9 May 1974 , , Christian People's Party (CVP) , - , bgcolor="blue" , , , 2. , Jan Bascour , 9 May 1974 , 14 June 1977 , ,

Party for Freedom and Progress The Party for Freedom and Progress ( nl, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang; french: Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès; german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PVV-PLP) was a liberal political party in Belgium which existed from 1961 unti ...

(PVV) , - , bgcolor="yellow" , , , 3. , Maurits Coppieters , 14 June 1977 , 24 April 1979 , , People's Union (VU) , - , colspan="7" , Flemish Council (''Vlaamse Raad'') , - , bgcolor="red" , , , 4. , Rik Boel , 24 April 1979 , 22 December 1981 , ,

Belgian Socialist Party nl, Belgische Socialistische Partij , logo = Logo of the Belgian Socialist Party.png , caption = The fist and rose emblem used by the party from 1973. , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Achille Van Acker (first)André Cools (last) ...

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Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

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Jean Pede Jean Pede (7 January 1927 – 23 July 2013) was a Belgium, Belgian liberal politician for the Party for Freedom and Progress, PVV. Biography Professionally Jean Pede was a notary, in a long line of notaries, from his father's as well as from his ...

, 22 December 1981 , 3 December 1985 , ,

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Frans Grootjans Frans Edward Elisabeth Grootjans (24 January 1922 – 20 February 1999), was a Belgian politician and minister for the PVV. Grootjans was born at Wilrijk. He became a licentiate in the trade and consular sciences and was chief editor and direc ...

, 3 December 1985 , 13 December 1987 , ,

(PVV) , - , bgcolor="blue" , , , 7. ,

, 2 February 1988 , 18 October 1988 , ,

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Louis Vanvelthoven Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

, 18 October 1988 , 13 January 1994 , ,

(SP) , - , bgcolor="red" , , , 9. , Eddy Baldewijns , 13 January 1994 , 13 June 1995 , ,

(SP) , - , colspan="7" , Flemish Parliament (''Vlaams Parlement'') , - , bgcolor="red" , , , 10. ,

Norbert De Batselier Norbert is a Germanic given name, from '' nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 19 ...

, 13 June 1995 , 12 July 2006 , 1995–1999
1999–2004
2004–2009 (partial) ,

Socialist Party – Different Vooruit (Dutch for Forward, ) is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. The party was known as the Flemish Socialist Party (1978–2001: ''Socialistische Partij'', SP; 2001–2021: ''Socialistische Partij Anders'', SP.A) until 2 ...

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Marleen Vanderpoorten Marleen Caroline Valère Vanderpoorten (born 21 July 1954) Belgian politician from Flanders and member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD). She is a daughter of Herman Vanderpoorten and a granddaughter of Arthur Vanderpoorten. She obtai ...

, 13 July 2006 , 13 July 2009 , 2004–2009 (partial) ,

Flemish Liberals and Democrats french: Libéraux et démocrates flamands ouverts , abbreviation = Open Vld , logo = , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Egbert Lachaert , foundation = 1992 (VLD)2007 (Open Vld) , predecessor = Pa ...

(VLD) , - , bgcolor="Yellow" , , , 12. ,

Jan Peumans Jan Peter Peumans (born 6 January 1951 in Maastricht) is a Belgian politician from the Flemish province of Limburg. Being part of the Flemish Movement, he was at a young age already member of the Volksunie. He seated for that party in the Limburg ...

, 13 July 2009 , 26 May 2019 , 2009–2014
2014–2019 ,

New Flemish Alliance The New Flemish Alliance ( nl, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist and conservative political party in Belgium. The party was founded in 2001 by the right-leaning fraction of the centrist-nationalist People's Union (VU). T ...

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Kris Van Dijck Kris Van Dijck (born 2 October 1963 in Turnhout) is a Belgian politician affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), member of the Flemish Parliament and mayor of Dessel. He was elected as a member of the Flemish Parliament in 1995 and reele ...

, 18 June 2019 , 11 July 2019 , 2019–2024 ,

(N-VA) , - , bgcolor="Yellow" , , , 14. , Wilfried Vandaele , 13 July 2019 , 2 October 2019 , 2019–2024 ,

(N-VA) , - , bgcolor="Yellow" , , , 15. ,

Liesbeth Homans Liesbeth Homans (born 17 February 1973 in Antwerp) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA, New Flemish Alliance). She was elected as a member of the Flemish Parliament in 2009 and as a member of the Belgian Sena ...

, 2 October 2019 , incumbent , 2019–2024 ,

(N-VA)