List of Belgian governors
This is the list of current Belgian province governors.
Current governors
Past governors (since 1830)
Antwerp
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
Walloon Brabant
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Valmy Féaux | PS | 1995 | 2000 |
2. | | Emmanuel Hendrickx | PS | 2000 | 2006 |
3. | | Marie-José Laloy | PS | 2007 | 2014 |
4. | | ? | ? | ? | |
East Flanders
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Pierre De Ryckere | | 1830 |
2. | | Werner de Lamberts-Cortenbach | | 1830 | 1834 |
3. | | Charles Vilain XIIII | | 1834 | 1836 |
4. | | Louis de Schiervel | | 1837 | 1843 |
5. | | Léandre Desmaisières | | 1843 | 1848 |
6. | | Edouard De Jaegher | | 1848 | 1871 |
7. | | Emile de T'Serclaes De Wommersom | | 1871 | 1879 |
8. | | Léon Verhaeghe de Naeyer | | 1879 | 1885 |
9. | | Raymond de Kerchove d'Exaerde | | 1885 | 1919 |
10. | | Maurice Lippens | | 1919 | 1921 |
11. | | André de Kerchove de Denterghem | | 1921 | 1929 |
12. | | Karel Weyler | | 1929 | 1935 |
13. | | Jules Ingenbleek | | 1935 | 1938 |
14. | | Louis Frederiq | | 1938 | 1939 |
15. | | Maurice Van den Boogaerde | | 1939 | 1954 |
16. | | Albert Mariën | | 1954 | 1963 |
17. | | Roger De Kinder | BSP | 1963 | 1984 |
18. | | Herman Balthazar | SP/SP.A | 1984 | 2004 |
19. | | André Denys | Open VLD | 2004 | 2013 |
20. | | Jan Briers | | 2013 | |
Hainaut
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Ambroise de Puydt | | 1830 | 1834 |
2. | | Jean-Baptiste Thorn | | 1836 | 1841 |
3. | | Charles Liedts | | 1841 | 1845 |
4. | | Édouard Mercier | | 1845 | 1847 |
5. | | Augustin Dumon-Dumortier | | 1847 | 1848 |
6. | | Adolphe de Vrière | | 1848 | 1849 |
7. | | Louis Troye | | 1849 | 1870 |
8. | | Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay | | 1870 | 1878 |
9. | | Auguste Wanderpepen | | 1878 |
10. | | Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem | | 1878 | 1884 |
11. | | Auguste Vergote | | 1884 | 1885 |
12. | | Joseph d'Ursel | | 1885 | 1889 |
13. | | Charles d'Ursel | | 1889 | 1893 |
14. | | Raoul du Sart de Bouland | | 1893 | 1908 |
15. | | Maurice Damoiseaux | | 1908 | 1937 |
16. | | Henri Van Mol | | 1937 | 1940 |
17. | | Émile Cornez | | 1944 | 1967 |
18. | | Emilien Vaes | | 1967 | 1983 |
19. | | Michel Tromont | | 1983 | 2004 |
20. | | Claude Durieux | PS | 2004 | present |
Liège
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Etienne de Sauvage | | 1830 | 1831 |
2. | | Jean-François Tielemans | | 1831 | 1832 |
3. | | Charles van den Steen de Jehay | | 1832 | 1844 |
4. | | Henri de Brouckère | | 1844 | 1846 |
5. | | Edmond de la Coste | | 1846 | 1847 |
6. | | Ferdinand de Macar | | 1847 | 1863 |
7. | | Charles de Luesemans | | 1863 | 1882 |
8. | | Léon Pety de Thozée | | 1882 | 1908 |
9. | | Henry Delvaux de Fenffe | | 1908 | 1919 |
10. | | Gaston Gregoire | | 1919 | 1927 |
11. | | Henri Pirard | | 1927 | 1937 |
12. | | Jules Mathieu | | 1937 | 1943 |
13. | | Joseph Leclercq | PSB | 1944 | 1953 |
14. | | Pierre Clerdent | PRL | 1953 | 1971 |
15. | | Gilbert Mottard | PS | 1972 | 1990 |
16. | | Paul Bolland | | 1990 | 2004 |
17. | | Michel Foret | MR | 2004 | present |
Limburg
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Frans de Loë Imstenraedt de Mheer | | 1830 | 1831 |
2. | | Jean-François Hennequin | | 1831 | 1834 |
3. | | Werner de Lamberts-Cortenbach | | 1834 | 1843 |
4. | | Pierre de Schiervel | | 1843 | 1857 |
5. | | Theodoor de T'Serclaes de Wommersom | | 1857 | 1871 |
6. | | Pieter de Decker | | 1871 |
7. | | Joseph Bovy | | 1872 | 1879 |
8. | | Adolphe Goupy de Beauvolers | | 1879 | 1894 |
9. | | Henri de Pitteurs-Hiégaerts | | 1894 | 1914 |
10. | | Vacant (World War I) | | 1914 | 1919 |
11. | | Theodore de Renesse | | 1919 | 1927 |
12. | | Hubert Verwilghen | | 1928 | 1940 |
13. | | Gérard Romsée | | 1940 | 1941 |
14. | | Jef Lysens | | 1941 | 1944 |
15. | | Hubert Verwilghen | | 1944 | 1950 |
16. | | Louis Roppe | | 1950 | 1978 |
17. | | Harry Vandermeulen | | 1978 | 1995 |
18. | | Hilde Houben-Bertrand | CVP/CD&V | 1995 | 2005 |
19. | | Steve Stevaert | SP.A | 2005 | 2009 |
20. | | Herman Reynders | SP.A | 2009 | present |
Luxembourg
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Jean-Baptiste Thorn | | 1830 | 1836 |
2. | | Victorin de Steenhault | | 1936 | 1841 |
3. | | Joseph de Riquet de Caraman et de Chimay | | 1841 | 1842 |
4. | | Charles Vandamme | | 1862 | 1884 |
5. | | Paul de Gerlache | | 1884 | 1891 |
6. | | Édouard Orban de Xivry | | 1891 | 1901 |
7. | | Emmanuel de Briey | | 1902 | 1932 |
8. | | Fernand Van den Corput | | 1932 | 1940 |
9. | | René Greindl | | 1940 | 1944 |
10. | | Fernand Van den Corput | | 1944 | 1945 |
11. | | Pierre Clerdent | | 1946 | 1953 |
12. | | Maurice Brasseur | | 1965 | 1976 |
13. | | Jacques Planchard | | 1976 | 1996 |
14. | | Bernard Caprasse | CDH | 1996 | present |
Namur
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Goswin de Stassart | | 1830 | 1834 |
2. | | Joseph Lebeau | | 1834 | 1840 |
3. | | Edouard d'Huart | | 1840 | 1847 |
4. | | Adolphe de Vrière | | 1847 | 1848 |
5. | | Victor Pirson | | 1848 | 1851 |
6. | | Charles de Baillet | | 1853 | 1875 |
7. | | D. de Mevius | | 1876 | 1877 |
8. | | Albert de Beauffort | | 1877 | 1881 |
9. | | Léon Pety de Thozée | | 1881 | 1882 |
10. | | Auguste Vergote | | 1882 | 1884 |
11. | | Charles de Montpellier de Vedrin | | 1884 | 1914 |
12. | | Pierre de Gaiffier d'Hestroy | | 1919 | 1937 |
13. | | François Bovesse | | 1937 | 1944 |
14. | | Robert Gruslin | | 1945 | 1968 |
15. | | René Close | PS | 1968 | 1977 |
16. | | Pierre Falize | PS | 1977 | 1980 |
17. | | Emile Lacroix | PS | 1980 | 1987 |
18. | | Emile Wauthy | PSC | 1987 | 1994 |
19. | | Amand Dalem | PSC | 1994 | 2007 |
20. | | Denis Mathen | MR | 2007 | present |
West Flanders
# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
1. | | Felix de Muelenaere | Catholic | 1830 | 1831 |
1832 | 1834 |
1836 | 1849 |
2. | | Adolphe de Vrière | Liberal | 1849 | 1857 |
3. | | Benoît Vrambout | | 1857 | 1877 |
4. | | Léon Ruzette | | 1877 | 1878 |
5. | | Theodore Heyvaert | | 1878 | 1883 |
6. | | Guillaume De Brouwer | | 1883 | 1884 |
7. | | Léon Ruzette | | 1884 | 1901 |
8. | | Jean-Baptiste de Bethune | | 1901 | |
9. | | Charles d'Ursel | | 1901 | 1903 |
10. | | Jean-Baptiste de Bethune | | 1903 | 1907 |
11. | | Albéric Ruzette | | 1907 | 1912 |
12. | | Léon Janssens de Bisthoven | | 1912 | 1933 |
13. | | Henri Baels | | 1933 | 1940 |
14. | | Michel Bulckaert | | 1940 | 1944 |
15. | | Pierre van Outryve d'Ydewalle | | 1944 | 1979 |
16. | | Leo Vanackere | CVP | 1979 |
17. | | Olivier Vanneste | CVP | 1979 | 1997 |
18. | | Paul Breyne | CVP/CD&V | 1997 | 2012 |
19. | | Carl Decaluwe | CD&V | 2012 | present |
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