List of Belgian provincial governors explained

This is the list of current Belgian province governors.

Current governors

Province Governor Party Office entered
2008
2004
Flemish Brabant1995
2004
2004
2009
1996
2007
2015
2012

Past governors (since 1830)

Antwerp

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 18301831
2. 1831
3. 18311832
18341840
4. 18401844
5. 18441845
6. 18451862
7. 18621887
8. 18871888
9. 18891900
10. 19001907
11. 19071908
12. 19081912
13. 19121923
14. 19231945
15. 19461966
16. 19671993
17. 1993 2008
18. 2008 present

Brabant (1830–1995)

Flemish Brabant

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 1995present

Walloon Brabant

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 19952000
2. PS 20002006
3. PS 20062007
4. PS 2007 2014
5. PS 20142015
6. PS 2015 -

East Flanders

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 1830
2. 1830 1834
3. 1834 1836
4. Louis de Schiervel18371843
5. 1843 1848
6. 1848 1871
7. 1871 1879
8. 1879 1885
9. 1885 1919
10. 1919 1921
11. 1921 1929
12. 1929 1935
13. 1935 1938
14. 1938 1939
15. 1939 1954
16. 1954 1963
17. BSP1963 1984
18. SP/SP.A1984 2004
19. Open VLD2004 2013
20. 2013

Hainaut

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 18301834
2. 18361841
3. 18411845
4. 18451847
5. 18471848
6. 18481849
7. 18491870
8. 18701878
9. 1878
10. 18781884
11. 18841885
12. 18851889
13. 18891893
14. 18931908
15. 19081937
16. 19371940
17. 19441967
18. 19671983
19. 19832004
20. PS2004present

Liège

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 18301831
2. 18311832
3. 18321844
4. 18441846
5. 18461847
6. 18471863
7. 18631882
8. 18821908
9. 19081919
10. 19191927
11. 19271937
12. 19371943
13. 19441953
14. 19531971
15. 19721990
16. 19902004
17. 2004present

Limburg

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 1830 1831
2. 1831 1834
3. 1834 1843
4. 1843 1857
5. 1857 1871
6. 1871
7. 1872 1879
8. 1879 1894
9. 1894 1914
10. Vacant (World War I) 1914 1919
11. 1919 1927
12. 1928 1940
13. 1940 1941
14. 1941 1944
15. 1944 1950
16. 1950 1978
17. 1978 1995
18. 1995 2005
19. 2005 2009
20. SP.A 2009 present

Luxembourg

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 18301836
2. 19361841
3. 1841 1842
4. 1862 1884
5. 1884 1891
6. 1891 1901
7. 1902 1932
8. 1932 1940
9. 1940 1944
10. 1944 1945
11. 1946 1953
12. 1965 1976
13. 1976 1996
14. CDH 1996 2016
15. Oliver Schmitz CDH 2016 present

Namur

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. 18301834
2. 1834 1840
3. 1840 1847
4. 1847 1848
5. 1848 1851
6. 1853 1875
7. 1876 1877
8. 1877 1881
9. 1881 1882
10. 1882 1884
11. 1884 1914
12. 1919 1937
13. 1937 1944
14. 1945 1968
15. 1968 1977
16. PS 1977 1980
17. PS 1980 1987
18. 1987 1994
19. PSC 1994 2007
20. 2007 present

West Flanders

Governor width=15%Party !width=15%Office entered !width=15%Office left
1. Catholic18301831
18321834
18361849
2. Liberal1849 1857
3. 18571877
4. 18771878
5. 18781883
6. 18831884
7. 18841901
8. 1901
9. 19011903
10. 19031907
11. 19071912
12. Léon Janssens de Bisthoven19121933
13. 19331940
14. Michel Bulckaert19401944
15. 19441979
16. CVP1979
17. CVP19791997
18. 1997 2012
19. CD&V 2012 present

National Bank of Belgium

Governor Party Office entered Office left
1982 1989
1989 1999
PS1999 2011
Open VLD 2011 Present