Government of the French Community

The seat of the Cabinet of the French Community,
place Surlet de Chokier

The Cabinet of the French Community of Belgium (French: Gouvernement de la Communauté française) is the executive branch of the French Community of Belgium, and it sits in Brussels. It consists of a number of ministers chosen by the Parliament of the French Community and is headed by a Minister-President.

Compositions[]

Current composition[]

Following the 2019 Belgian regional elections, a government was formed on 13 September 2019, to be led by liberal of the MR. The coalition consisted of the PS (28 seats), the MR (23 seats) and Ecolo (16 seats).^[1]


Party	Name	Function
MR		Minister President and Minister of Intra-Belgian Relations, International and European Relations and Development Cooperation
MR		Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Youth and Sports
PS		Minister of Education
PS	Frédéric Daerden	Minister of Budget, Public Functions and Equal Rights
Ecolo		Minister of Culture, Media, Day-care and Women's Rights

Composition 2014–2019[]

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


Party	Name	Function
PS	Rudy Demotte	Minister President
PS	André Flahaut	Minister of Budget
PS	Isabelle Simonis	Minister of Youth and Equal Rights
PS		Minister of Youth Aid, Justice and Brussels
PS	Jean-Claude Marcourt	Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Policy and Media
CDH	Joëlle Milquet (until April 2016)	Minister of Compulsory Education, Culture and Child Care
CDH	(from April 2016)	Minister of Compulsory Education and School Buildings
CDH	(from April 2016)	Minister of Culture, Child Care and Sports
CDH		Minister of Agriculture and Tourism (Minister of Sports until April 2016)

On 11 April 2016, Joëlle Milquet resigned as Minister of Compulsory Education, Culture and Child Care as she was accused of creating a conflict of interest in using her ministerial assistants to help her with a new election campaign in 2014. A few days later, Milquet was replaced by and . Schyns took over the Compulsory Education portfolio, which she was already in charge of during the previous legislature. Greoli took over Culture and Child Care from Milquet and also received the Sports portfolio from , who shifted to Agriculture and Tourism.

Composition 2009–2014[]


Party	Name	Function
PS	Rudy Demotte	Minister President
PS	Jean-Claude Marcourt	Vice-Minister-President; Minister of Higher Education
PS		Minister of Culture, Audiovisual Affairs, Health and Equal Rights
CDH	André Antoine	Vice-Minister-President; Minister of Budget, Finances and Sport
CDH	(until July 2013)	Minister of Education
CDH	(from July 2013)	Minister of Education
Ecolo		Vice-Minister-President; Minister of Childhood, Scientific Research and Civil Service
Ecolo		Minister of Youth

Composition 2004–2009[]


Party	Name	Function
PS	Rudy Demotte (from 20 March 2008)	Minister-President
PS	Marie Arena (until 20 March 2008)	Minister-President; Minister of Education
CDH		Vice-Minister-President; Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and International Affairs
PS	Michel Daerden	Vice-Minister-President; Minister of Finance (Public Affairs and Sports are added on 20 July 2007)
PS	(until 20 July 2007)	Minister of Public Affairs and Sports
PS	Marc Tarabella (from 20 July 2007)	Minister of Youth and Education of Social Promotion
PS		Minister of Culture, Media and Youth (she lost Youth on 20 July 2007)
CDH	Catherine Fonck	Minister of Childhood, Assistance to Youth and Public Health

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.

External links[]

Website of the Government of the French Community (in French)

[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.

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