Government of Wallonia

The Élysette in Namur is the office building of the Walloon Minister-President

The Walloon Government (French: Gouvernement wallon) or Government of Wallonia (French: Gouvernement de Wallonie) is the executive branch of Wallonia, and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium. It sits in Namur, where the Parliament of Wallonia is seated as well.

Compositions[]

Current composition[]

On 13 September 2019 it was announced that Elio Di Rupo would become the minister-President of Wallonia again for the third time, in a government lead by the PS (23 seats), together with MR (20 seats) and Ecolo (12 seats).^[1]


Party	Name	Function
PS	Elio Di Rupo	Minister-President
PS		Vice-President; Minister of Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Equality
MR	Willy Borsus	Vice-President; Minister of Economy, Foreign Trade, Spatial Planning and Agriculture.
PS	Pierre-Yves Dermagne (until October 1, 2020)	Minister of Local Government and Housing
PS	Christophe Collignon (from October 1, 2020)	Minister of Local Government and Housing
MR		Minister of Budget, Sports Infrastructure and Airports.
MR		Minister of Civil Service Matters, Administrative Simplification, Child Benefits, Tourism, Heritage and Traffic Safety.
Ecolo		Minister of Environment, Nature, Rural Renovation and Animal Welfare.
Ecolo	Philippe Henry	Minister of Climate, Mobility, Infrastructure and Energy.

Composition 2017–2019[]

On 19 June 2017, the CDH announced it was no longer willing to govern together with the PS following several scandals in Belgian politics in which high placed members of the PS were involved typically receiving high payments for extra functions, including in Publifin and SAMU Social.^[2] On July 25, the CDH (13 seats) formed a new coalition together with the MR (25 seats), only narrowly getting a majority (38 out of 75 seats), to create the first government since 1988 in which the PS was not involved. The number of ministers was reduced from eight to seven.


Party	Name	Function
MR	Willy Borsus	Minister-President
MR		Vice-President; Minister of Economy and Employment.
CDH		Vice-President; Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Equality.
CDH		Minister of Agriculture, Nature, Forests and Tourism.
MR		Minister of Budget, Energy and Airports.
MR		Minister of Local Government, Housing and Sports Infrastructure.
CDH		Minister of Environment, Mobility, Spatial Planning, Public Works and Animal Well-Being

Composition 2014–2017[]

Following the 25 May 2014 election, PS (30 seats) and CDH (13 seats) parties formed a coalition.


Party	Name	Function
PS	Paul Magnette	Minister-President
PS	Jean-Claude Marcourt	Vice-President; Minister of Economy, Industry, Innovation and Digitalisation
CDH		Vice-President; Minister of Public Works, Health, Social Action and Heritage
PS	Paul Furlan (until January 26, 2017)	Minister of Local Government, City Policy, Housing and Energy
PS	Pierre-Yves Dermagne (from January 26, 2017)	Minister of Local Government, City Policy and Housing
CDH		Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning, Mobility, Transport, Airports and Animal Welfare
PS	Eliane Tillieux	Minister of Employment and Formation
PS		Minister of Budget, Public Office, Administrative Simplification and Energy
CDH		Minister of Agriculture, Nature, Rusticity, Tourism and Sports Infrastructure

Composition 2009–2014[]

Following the 7 June 2009 election, PS (29 seats), Ecolo (14 seats) and CDH (13 seats) parties formed a coalition.

Walloon Government - Demotte II
Party		Name	Function
	PS	Rudy Demotte	Minister-President
	PS	Jean-Claude Marcourt	Vice-President; Minister of Economy and Foreign Commerce
	PS	Paul Furlan	Minister of Local Government and City Policy
	PS	Eliane Tillieux	Minister of Social Action and Public Health
	CDH	Benoît Lutgen	Minister of Public Works, Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Patrimony and Nature Policy
	CDH	André Antoine	Minister of Budget, Finance, Employment, Education and Sports
	Ecolo		Minister of Energy, Housing, Public Office and Sustainable Development
	Ecolo	Philippe Henry	Minister of Mobility and Planning

Composition 2004–2009[]

After the elections of 13 June 2004, the PS (34 seats) en CDH (14 seats) formed a coalition.


Party	Name	Function
PS	Rudy Demotte (from July 2007)	Minister-President
PS	Elio Di Rupo (from October 2005 until July 2007)	Minister-President
PS	Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (until 30 September 2005)	Minister-President
CDH	André Antoine (politician)	Vice-President; Minister of Housing, Transport and Territorial Development
PS	Michel Daerden	Vice-President; Minister of Budget, Finance and Public Works
PS	Marie Arena	Minister of Formation/Training
PS		Minister of Home Affairs and Public Function
CDH		Minister of Scientific Research, New Technologies en Foreign Affairs
PS	Jean-Claude Marcourt	Minister of Economy, Employment, Foreign Commerce and Patrimony
PS	Christiane Vienne	Minister of Public Health, Social Affairs and Equal Chances
CDH	Benoît Lutgen	Minister of Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Environment and Tourism

References[]

^ "Elio Di Rupo (PS) wordt minister-president van paars-groene regering in Wallonië" [Elio Di Rupo (PS) becomes minister-president of purple-green government in Wallonia]. vrt.be. 12 September 2019.
^ "CDH wil niet meer regeren met PS". De Standaard.

External links[]

Website of the Walloon Cabinet

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[1] "Elio Di Rupo (PS) wordt minister-president van paars-groene regering in Wallonië" [Elio Di Rupo (PS) becomes minister-president of purple-green government in Wallonia]. vrt.be. 12 September 2019.

[2] "CDH wil niet meer regeren met PS". De Standaard.

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