List of Belgian provincial governors explained
This is the list of current Belgian province governors.
Current governors
Province | Governor | Party | Office entered |
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| | | | 2008 |
| | | | 2004 |
Flemish Brabant | | | | 1995 |
| | | | 2004 |
| | | | 2004 |
| | | | 2009 |
| | | | 1996 |
| | | | 2007 |
| | | | 2015 |
| | | | 2012 |
|
Past governors (since 1830)
Antwerp
| Governor | width=15% | Party ! | width=15% | Office entered ! | width=15% | Office left |
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1. | | | | 1830 | 1831 |
2. | | | | 1831 |
3. | | | | 1831 | 1832 |
1834 | 1840 |
4. | | | | 1840 | 1844 |
5. | | | | 1844 | 1845 |
6. | | | | 1845 | 1862 |
7. | | | | 1862 | 1887 |
8. | | | | 1887 | 1888 |
9. | | | | 1889 | 1900 |
10. | | | | 1900 | 1907 |
11. | | | | 1907 | 1908 |
12. | | | | 1908 | 1912 |
13. | | | | 1912 | 1923 |
14. | | | | 1923 | 1945 |
15. | | | | 1946 | 1966 |
16. | | | | 1967 | 1993 |
17. | | | | 1993 | 2008 |
18. | | | | 2008 | present | |
Brabant (1830–1995)
- 1830 Pierre-François Van Meenen (temporary)
- 1830 - 1834 Feuillien-Charles-Marie-Joseph de Coppin
- 1834 - 1838 Goswin baron de Stassart (liberal)
- 1839 - 1845 Guillaume-Jean-Antoine baron de Viron
- 1845 - 1852 Charles Liedts (liberal)
- 1852 - 1855 P. Annemans (ad interim)
- 1855 - 1860 Charles Liedts (liberal)
- 1861 - 1862 P. Annemans (ad interim)
- 1862 - 1883 François Dubois-Thorn
- 1883 - 1884 Theodore Heyvaert (liberal)
- 1885 - 1906 Auguste Vergote
- 1906 - 1928 Henri Emile de Béco
- 1928 - 1935 François-André Nens
- 1935 - 1942 Albert Houtart
- 1942 - 1943 replaced by Jean-Mathieu Croonenberghs
- 1943 replaced by Frans Wildiers
- 1943 - 1944 vervangen door Adrien Gilles de Pelichy
- 1944 - 1945 Jean Herinckx (ad interim)
- 1945 Jules Hansez (ad interim)
- 1945 - 1951 Fernand Demets (liberal)
- 1951 - 1976 Jean de Neeff (catholic party)
- 1977 - 1989 Ivan Roggen
- 1989 - 1995 André Degroeve (PS)
Flemish Brabant
| Governor | width=15% | Party ! | width=15% | Office entered ! | width=15% | Office left |
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1. | | | | 1995 | present | |
Walloon Brabant
| Governor | width=15% | Party ! | width=15% | Office entered ! | width=15% | Office left |
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1. | | | | 1995 | 2000 |
2. | | | PS | 2000 | 2006 |
3. | | | PS | 2006 | 2007 |
4. | | | PS | 2007 | 2014 |
5. | | | PS | 2014 | 2015 |
6. | | | PS | 2015 | - | |
East Flanders
| Governor | width=15% | Party ! | width=15% | Office entered ! | width=15% | Office left |
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1. | | | | 1830 |
2. | | | | 1830 | 1834 |
3. | | | | 1834 | 1836 |
4. | | Louis de Schiervel | | 1837 | 1843 |
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. | | | BSP | 1963 | 1984 |
18. | | | SP/SP.A | 1984 | 2004 |
19. | | | Open VLD | 2004 | 2013 |
20. | | | | 2013 | | |
Hainaut
| Governor | width=15% | Party ! | width=15% | Office entered ! | width=15% | Office left |
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1. | | | | 1830 | 1834 |
2. | | | | 1836 | 1841 |
3. | | | | 1841 | 1845 |
4. | | | | 1845 | 1847 |
5. | | | | 1847 | 1848 |
6. | | | | 1848 | 1849 |
7. | | | | 1849 | 1870 |
8. | | | | 1870 | 1878 |
9. | | | | 1878 |
10. | | | | 1878 | 1884 |
11. | | | | 1884 | 1885 |
12. | | | | 1885 | 1889 |
13. | | | | 1889 | 1893 |
14. | | | | 1893 | 1908 |
15. | | | | 1908 | 1937 |
16. | | | | 1937 | 1940 |
17. | | | | 1944 | 1967 |
18. | | | | 1967 | 1983 |
19. | | | | 1983 | 2004 |
20. | | | PS | 2004 | present |
|
Liège
| Governor | width=15% | Party ! | width=15% | Office entered ! | width=15% | Office left |
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1. | | | | 1830 | 1831 |
2. | | | | 1831 | 1832 |
3. | | | | 1832 | 1844 |
4. | | | | 1844 | 1846 |
5. | | | | 1846 | 1847 |
6. | | | | 1847 | 1863 |
7. | | | | 1863 | 1882 |
8. | | | | 1882 | 1908 |
9. | | | | 1908 | 1919 |
10. | | | | 1919 | 1927 |
11. | | | | 1927 | 1937 |
12. | | | | 1937 | 1943 |
13. | | | | 1944 | 1953 |
14. | | | | 1953 | 1971 |
15. | | | | 1972 | 1990 |
16. | | | | 1990 | 2004 |
17. | | | | 2004 | present | |
Limburg
| Governor | width=15% | Party ! | width=15% | Office entered ! | width=15% | Office left |
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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 |
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1. | | | | 1830 | 1836 |
2. | | | | 1936 | 1841 |
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 |
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1. | | | | 1830 | 1834 |
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 |
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1. | | | Catholic | 1830 | 1831 |
1832 | 1834 |
1836 | 1849 |
2. | | | Liberal | 1849 | 1857 |
3. | | | | 1857 | 1877 |
4. | | | | 1877 | 1878 |
5. | | | | 1878 | 1883 |
6. | | | | 1883 | 1884 |
7. | | | | 1884 | 1901 |
8. | | | | 1901 | |
9. | | | | 1901 | 1903 |
10. | | | | 1903 | 1907 |
11. | | | | 1907 | 1912 |
12. | | Léon Janssens de Bisthoven | | 1912 | 1933 |
13. | | | | 1933 | 1940 |
14. | | Michel Bulckaert | | 1940 | 1944 |
15. | | | | 1944 | 1979 |
16. | | | CVP | 1979 |
17. | | | CVP | 1979 | 1997 |
18. | | | | 1997 | 2012 |
19. | | | CD&V | 2012 | present | |
National Bank of Belgium
| Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
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| | | | 1982 | 1989 |
| | | | 1989 | 1999 |
| | | PS | 1999 | 2011 |
| | | Open VLD | 2011 | Present | |