List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2009–2014

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Flemish Parliament, 2009–2014
Overview
Legislative bodyFlemish Parliament
Meeting placeBrussels
TermJune 2009 (2009-06) – April 2014 (2014-04)
Election7 June 2009
GovernmentPeeters II Government
Members124
SpeakerJan Peumans (N-VA)
The seat division of the Parliament after the elections of 2009
The Parliament building in Brussels

This is a list of members of the Flemish Parliament in its 12th legislative term, arranged alphabetically. The legislative term started in 2009 (after the Belgian regional elections of 2009) and lasted until 2014. However, it is only the fourth legislature since the members of the Flemish Parliament were first elected.

Results[]

Summary of the 13 June 2009 Flemish Parliament election results
Christian Democratic and Flemish
Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams		 939,873 22.86 −3.23 31 −4
Flemish Interest
Vlaams Belang		 628,564 15.28 −8.86 21 −11
Socialist Party – Differently
Socialistische Partij Anders		 627,852 15.27 −4.39 19 −6
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten		 616,610 14.99 −4.80 21 −4
New Flemish Alliance
Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie		 537,040 13.06 +13.06 16 +16
List Dedecker
Lijst Dedecker		 313,176 7.62 +7.62 8 +8
Green!
Groen!		 278,211 6.77 −0.83 7 +1
Union of Francophones
Union des Francophones		 47,319 1.15 +0.08 1 ±0
Total 4,112,325 124
Invalid votes 239,482 5.50%
Source: Federal Portal − Chamber Elections 2010.

Leadership[]

Bureau[]

This is a list of the current members of the Bureau of the Flemish Parliament.

Speakers[]

Office Senator Party
Speaker Jan Peumans N-VA
1st Deputy Speaker CD&V
2nd Deputy Speaker Marijke Dillen Vlaams Belang
3rd Deputy Speaker Dirk Van Mechelen Open VLD
4th Deputy Speaker Mia De Vits SP.A
5th Deputy Speaker CD&V
6th Deputy Speaker Filip Dewinter Vlaams Belang

Secretaries[]

Senator Party
Eric Van Rompuy CD&V
Marino Keulen Open VLD
Bart Martens SP.A

Floor leaders[]

This is a list of the current floor leaders of the recognised fractions. They form the Extended Bureau together with the members of the Bureau.

Floor leader Party
CD&V
Joris Van Hauthem Vlaams Belang
Open VLD
Matthias Diependaele
(2009-2012: Kris Van Dijck)		 N-VA
SP.A
Lijst Dedecker
Groen

List of current representatives[]

Name Fraction Constituency
Filip Anthuenis (resigned) Open VLD East Flanders
Erik Arckens‡ Independent Brussels-Capital Region
CD&V East Flanders
Boudewijn Bouckaert Lijst Dedecker East Flanders
CD&V Flemish Brabant
Open VLD Brussels-Capital Region
Vlaams Belang West Flanders
Open VLD West Flanders
(resigned) CD&V Antwerp
Groen West Flanders
Vera Celis N-VA Antwerp
Patricia Ceysens Open VLD Flemish Brabant
CD&V Limburg
CD&V Limburg
CD&V West Flanders
Vlaams Belang Antwerp
John Crombez (resigned) SP.A West Flanders
SP.A Antwerp
(resigned) CD&V West Flanders
Johan Deckmyn Vlaams Belang East Flanders
SP.A Antwerp
SP.A West Flanders
Jean-Jacques De Gucht Open VLD East Flanders
(resigned) CD&V Flemish Brabant
Lieven Dehandschutter (resigned) N-VA East Flanders
Open VLD Flemish Brabant
CD&V Antwerp
SP.A East Flanders
CD&V Brussels-Capital Region
Mark Demesmaeker (resigned) N-VA Flemish Brabant
Open VLD East Flanders
CD&V East Flanders
Annick De Ridder Open VLD Antwerp
Mia De Vits SP.A Flemish Brabant
Open VLD Flemish Brabant
SP.A Flemish Brabant
Lijst Dedecker East Flanders
Bart De Wever N-VA Antwerp
Filip Dewinter Vlaams Belang Antwerp
Matthias Diependaele N-VA East Flanders
Marijke Dillen Vlaams Belang Antwerp
CD&V West Flanders
Tine Eerlingen N-VA Flemish Brabant
CD&V West Flanders
Cindy Franssen CD&V East Flanders
Sven Gatz (resigned) Open VLD Brussels-Capital Region
Danielle Godderis-T'Jonck N-VA West Flanders
Open VLD Antwerp
CD&V Limburg
CD&V Antwerp
Marc Hendrickx N-VA Antwerp
Liesbeth Homans N-VA Antwerp
SP.A West Flanders
Vlaams Belang Antwerp
SP.A Brussels-Capital Region
Lies Jans N-VA Limburg
CD&V Limburg
Chris Janssens Vlaams Belang Limburg
Patrick Janssens SP.A Antwerp
CD&V Antwerp
Marino Keulen Open VLD Limburg
CD&V Flemish Brabant
SP.A Flemish Brabant
SP.A Limburg
Bart Martens SP.A Antwerp
Vlaams Belang Limburg
Groen East Flanders
(resigned) Vlaams Belang Flemish Brabant
Fientje Moerman Open VLD East Flanders
Groen Antwerp
Open VLD Limburg
SP.A East Flanders
Vlaams Belang Antwerp
Jan Peumans N-VA Limburg
Sabine Poleyn CD&V West Flanders
Lijst Dedecker Flemish Brabant
SP.A Limburg
Jan Roegiers SP.A East Flanders
CD&V Antwerp
Lijst Dedecker West Flanders
Groen Flemish Brabant
(resigned) SP.A Limburg
Johan Sauwens CD&V Limburg
CD&V Antwerp
Herman Schueremans (resigned) Open VLD Flemish Brabant
Willy Segers N-VA Flemish Brabant
Stefaan Sintobin Vlaams Belang West Flanders
CD&V Antwerp
Helga Stevens N-VA East Flanders
Felix Strackx Vlaams Belang Flemish Brabant
Erik Tack Vlaams Belang East Flanders
CD&V East Flanders
Bart Tommelein Open VLD West Flanders
SP.A Antwerp
Wilfried Vandaele N-VA West Flanders
Open VLD West Flanders
Vlaams Belang Antwerp
CD&V Antwerp
Open VLD East Flanders
Marleen Vanderpoorten Open VLD Antwerp
Groen Brussels-Capital Region
CD&V East Flanders
Kris Van Dijck N-VA Antwerp
Christian Van Eyken UF Flemish Brabant
Joris Van Hauthem Vlaams Belang Flemish Brabant
SP.A East Flanders
Dirk Van Mechelen Open VLD Antwerp
Karim Van Overmeire† N-VA East Flanders
Eric Van Rompuy CD&V Flemish Brabant
Open VLD East Flanders
‡ Independent East Flanders
Open VLD West Flanders
Lijst Dedecker Limburg
CD&V West Flanders
Goedele Vermeiren N-VA Antwerp
Christian Verougstraete Vlaams Belang West Flanders
Johan Verstreken CD&V West Flanders
Jurgen Verstrepen Lijst Dedecker Antwerp
Linda Vissers Vlaams Belang Limburg
Mieke Vogels Groen Antwerp
(resigned) Groen East Flanders
Ulla Werbrouck Lijst Dedecker West Flanders
Vlaams Belang Antwerp
CD&V East Flanders

† Elected as member of Vlaams Belang; joined the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) on 31 August 2011.
‡ Elected as members of Vlaams Belang; became independent representatives on 20 July 2011 (Ackers) and 12 July 2012 (Van Steenberge).

Changes during the legislature[]

Representatives who chose not to sit[]

Name Fraction Constituency Date of resignation Replacement Notes
Gerolf Annemans Vlaams Belang Antwerp 30 June 2009 Stays federal representative
Jean-Marie Dedecker Lijst Dedecker West Flanders 30 June 2009 Stays federal representative
Vlaams Belang Brussels-Capital Region 30 June 2009 Erik Arckens Stays Brussels representative
Vlaams Belang East Flanders 30 June 2009 Erik Tack Stays federal representative
Annick Ponthier Vlaams Belang Limburg 30 June 2009 Stays federal representative
Bart Somers Open VLD Antwerp 30 June 2009 Annick De Ridder Stays federal representative
Dirk Sterckx Open VLD Antwerp 30 June 2009 Becomes member of the European Parliament
Daniël Termont SP.A East Flanders 30 June 2009 Stays mayor of Ghent
Erika Thijs CD&V Limburg 30 June 2009 Stays federal senator
Bruno Valkeniers Vlaams Belang Antwerp 30 June 2009 Stays federal representative
Kathleen Van Brempt SP.A Antwerp 30 June 2009 Bart Martens Becomes member of the European Parliament
Anke Van dermeersch Vlaams Belang East Flanders 30 June 2009 Stays federal senator
Vlaams Belang Antwerp 30 June 2009 Stefaan Sintobin Becomes member of the European Parliament
CD&V Brussels-Capital Region 13 July 2009 Stays Brussels representative
Yves Leterme CD&V West Flanders 13 July 2009 Stays federal senator

Representatives who resigned[]

Name Fraction Constituency Date of resignation Replacement Notes
Geert Bourgeois N-VA West Flanders 13 July 2009 Wilfried Vandaele Became minister in Peeters II
Hilde Crevits CD&V West Flanders 13 July 2009 Sabine Poleyn Became minister in Peeters II
Kris Peeters CD&V Antwerp 13 July 2009 Became minister-president in Peeters II
Joke Schauvliege CD&V East Flanders 13 July 2009 Became minister in Peeters II
Freya Van den Bossche SP.A East Flanders 13 July 2009 Jan Roegiers Became minister in Peeters II
Jo Vandeurzen CD&V Limburg 13 July 2009 Became minister in Peeters II
Sophie De Wit N-VA Antwerp 6 July 2010 Goedele Vermeiren Became federal representative
Caroline Gennez SP.A Antwerp 6 July 2010 Became federal representative
Frank Vandenbroucke SP.A Flemish Brabant 6 July 2010 Became federal representative
Peter Vanvelthoven SP.A Limburg 6 July 2010 Became federal representative
VB Flemish Brabant 10 October 2010 Ended her political career for personal reasons
Sven Gatz Open VLD Brussels-Capital Region 30 June 2011 Ended his political career for professional reasons
John Crombez SP.A West Flanders 6 December 2011 Became secretary of state in Di Rupo I
CD&V West Flanders 31 January 2012 Became governor of West Flanders
CD&V Antwerp 1 December 2012 Became provincial deputy in 2013
CD&V Flemish Brabant 13 December 2012 Peter Van Rompuy Became provincial deputy in 2013
Lieven Dehandschutter N-VA East Flanders 31 December 2012 Marius Meremans Became mayor of Sint-Niklaas
Herman Schueremans Open VLD Flemish Brabant 1 January 2013 Ended his political career for professional reasons
Groen East Flanders 4 January 2013 Became alderman in Ghent
Mark Demesmaeker N-VA Flemish Brabant 31 January 2013 Piet De Bruyn Became member of the European Parliament
SP.A Limburg 16 September 2013 Ended his political career
Filip Anthuenis Open VLD East Flanders 23 September 2013

Sources[]

  • "Vlaamse Volksvertegenwoordigers" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  • "Bureau" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Archived from the original on 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
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