List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2014–19

The seat division of the Parliament after the elections of 2014

The Parliament building in Brussels

This is a list of current Members of the Flemish Parliament, arranged alphabetically. The Flemish Parliament is in its 12th legislature, which started in June 2014 (after the Belgian regional elections of 2014) and will last until 2019. However, it is only the fifth legislature since the Members of the Flemish Parliament were first elected.

The government during this session is the Bourgeois Government, which consists of the three largest parties N-VA, CD&V and Open Vld.

May 2014 election results

**Summary of the 25 May 2014 Flemish Parliament election results**
Party		Main ideology	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats			+/–
← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
Party		Main ideology	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	FLA	BRU	TOT	+/–
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	centre-right Flemish nationalism	Bart De Wever	1,339,946	31.88	18.83	42	1	43 / 124	27
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	Christian democracy	Wouter Beke	860,694	20.48	2.37	26	1	27 / 124	4
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)	Liberalism	Gwendolyn Rutten	594,469	14.15	0.85	17	2	19 / 124	2
	Socialist Party – Differently (sp.a)	Social democracy	Bruno Tobback	587,903	13.99	1.28	17	1	18 / 124	1
	Green (Groen)	Green politics	Wouter Van Besien	365,781	8.70	1.94	9	1	10 / 124	3
	Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang)	far-right Flemish nationalism	Gerolf Annemans	248,840	5.92	9.36	6	0	6 / 124	15
	Union of Francophones (UF)	Francophone minority politics	Four co-chairmen	34,741	0.83	0.32	1	0	1 / 124	0
	Workers' Party+ (PVDA+)	Socialism/Communism	Peter Mertens	106,114	2.53	1.04	0	0	0 / 124	0
	Libertarian, Direct, Democratic (LDD)	Libertarianism	Jean-Marie Dedecker	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0 / 124	8
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			63,974			0	0	0 / 124
Valid votes				4,202,462	95.03
Blank and invalid votes				219,574	4.97
Totals				4,422,036	100.00	—	118	6	124 / 124	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				4,771,657	92.67
Source: Notes: 1) FLA = Flanders, BRU = Brussels (Capital Region), TOT = total

Leadership

Bureau

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

Speakers

MP	Party	Office
Jan Peumans	N-VA	Speaker
Peter Van Rompuy	CD&V	1st Deputy Speaker
Wilfried Vandaele	N-VA	2nd Deputy Speaker
Bart Somers	Open Vld	3rd Deputy Speaker
Caroline Gennez	sp.a	4th Deputy Speaker

Secretaries

	MP	Party
	Nadia Sminate	N-VA
	Sonja Claes	CD&V
	Kris Van Dijck	N-VA

Floor leaders

This is a list of the current group leaders (fractieleiders) of the recognised parliamentary groups (fracties). They form the Extended Bureau together with the members of the Bureau.

	Floor leader	Group
	Matthias Diependaele	N-VA
	Koen Van den Heuvel	CD&V
	Bart Somers	Open Vld
	Joris Vandenbroucke	sp.a
	Björn Rzoska	Green
	Chris Janssens	Flemish Interest

List

Representative	Party	Electoral district	Notes
Celis, VeraVera Celis	N-VA	Antwerp	since 25 July 2014, replacing Liesbeth Homans, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Peumans, JanJan Peumans	N-VA	Limburg	Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
Maertens, BertBert Maertens	N-VA	West Flanders	since 25 July 2014, replacing Geert Bourgeois, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Persyn, PeterPeter Persyn	N-VA	Flemish Brabant	since 25 July 2014, replacing Ben Weyts, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Diependaele, MatthiasMatthias Diependaele	N-VA	East Flanders
Vanlouwe, KarlKarl Vanlouwe	N-VA	Brussels-Capital Region
Soete, AnnAnn Soete	N-VA	West Flanders
Jans, LiesLies Jans	N-VA	Limburg
Croo, CarolineCaroline Croo	N-VA	East Flanders	since 11 October 2014, replacing Elke Sleurs, who became Secretary of State in the Federal Government
Sminate, NadiaNadia Sminate	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Van Dijck, KrisKris Van Dijck	N-VA	Antwerp
Gryffroy, AndriesAndries Gryffroy	N-VA	East Flanders
De Bruyn, PietPiet De Bruyn	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Remen, GreteGrete Remen	N-VA	Limburg
De Ridder, AnnickAnnick De Ridder	N-VA	Antwerp
Vandaele, WilfriedWilfried Vandaele	N-VA	West Flanders
Parys, LorinLorin Parys	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Ronse, AxelAxel Ronse	N-VA	West Flanders
Hendrickx, MarcMarc Hendrickx	N-VA	Antwerp
Meremans, MariusMarius Meremans	N-VA	East Flanders
Lantmeeters, JosJos Lantmeeters	N-VA	Limburg
Engelbosch, JelleJelle Engelbosch	N-VA	Limburg
Maes, LieveLieve Maes	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Coudyser, CathyCathy Coudyser	N-VA	West Flanders
Van Miert, PaulPaul Van Miert	N-VA	Antwerp
Van Overmeire, KarimKarim Van Overmeire	N-VA	East Flanders
Anseeuw, BjörnBjörn Anseeuw	N-VA	West Flanders
Nevens, BartBart Nevens	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
De Meulemeester, IngeborgIngeborg De Meulemeester	N-VA	East Flanders
Van Werde, ManuelaManuela Van Werde	N-VA	Antwerp
Godderis-T'Jonck, DanielleDanielle Godderis-T'Jonck	N-VA	West Flanders
Vermeulen, SabineSabine Vermeulen	N-VA	East Flanders
Segers, WillyWilly Segers	N-VA	Flemish Brabant
Wynants, HermanHerman Wynants	N-VA	Antwerp
Van Eetvelde, MirandaMiranda Van Eetvelde	N-VA	East Flanders
Krekels, KathleenKathleen Krekels	N-VA	Antwerp
Daniëls, KoenKoen Daniëls	N-VA	East Flanders	replaces Lieven Dehandschutter, who decided not to combine his function as Mayor of Sint-Niklaas with this function
Hofkens, JanJan Hofkens	N-VA	Antwerp	since 25 July 2014, replacing Philippe Muyters, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Wouters, PeterPeter Wouters	N-VA	Antwerp
Van Campenhout, LudoLudo Van Campenhout	N-VA	Antwerp
Joosen, SofieSofie Joosen	N-VA	Antwerp
Van Esbroeck, JanJan Van Esbroeck	N-VA	Antwerp
Van der Vloet, TineTine Van der Vloet	N-VA	Antwerp
Christiaens, AnAn Christiaens	CD&V	Limburg	since 25 July 2014, replacing Jo Vandeurzen, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Durnez, JanJan Durnez	CD&V	West Flanders	since 25 July 2014, replacing Hilde Crevits, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Van Rompuy, PeterPeter Van Rompuy	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
De Potter, JenneJenne De Potter	CD&V	East Flanders	since 25 July 2014, replacing Joke Schauvliege, who became Minister in the Flemish Government
Schryvers, KatrienKatrien Schryvers	CD&V	Antwerp	since 11 October 2014, replacing Kris Peeters, who became Minister in the Federal Government
Poschet, JorisJoris Poschet	CD&V	Brussels-Capital Region	since 22 July 2014, replacing Bianca Debaets, who became Secretary of State in the Brussels Government
Dochy, BartBart Dochy	CD&V	West Flanders
De Meyer, JosJos De Meyer	CD&V	East Flanders
Ceyssens, LodeLode Ceyssens	CD&V	Limburg
Brouwers, KarinKarin Brouwers	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
Rombouts, TinneTinne Rombouts	CD&V	Antwerp
Claes, SonjaSonja Claes	CD&V	Limburg
Doomst, MichelMichel Doomst	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
Fournier, MartineMartine Fournier	CD&V	West Flanders
Van den Heuvel, KoenKoen Van den Heuvel	CD&V	Antwerp
Franssen, CindyCindy Franssen	CD&V	East Flanders
Partyka, KatrienKatrien Partyka	CD&V	Flemish Brabant
Verstreken, JohanJohan Verstreken	CD&V	West Flanders
Jans, VeraVera Jans	CD&V	Limburg
Helsen, KathleenKathleen Helsen	CD&V	Antwerp
Bothuyne, RobrechtRobrecht Bothuyne	CD&V	East Flanders
Taeldeman, ValerieValerie Taeldeman	CD&V	East Flanders
Coppé, GrietGriet Coppé	CD&V	West Flanders
Bastiaens, CarolineCaroline Bastiaens	CD&V	Antwerp
Kennes, WardWard Kennes	CD&V	Antwerp
De Bethune, SabineSabine De Bethune	CD&V	West Flanders
de Kort, DirkDirk de Kort	CD&V	Antwerp
Talpe, EmmilyEmmily Talpe	Open Vld	West Flanders	since 11 October 2014, replacing Bart Tommelein, who became Secretary of State in the Federal Government
Brusseel, AnnAnn Brusseel	Open Vld	Brussels-Capital Region
Somers, BartBart Somers	Open Vld	Antwerp
Keulen, MarinoMarino Keulen	Open Vld	Limburg
De Clercq, MathiasMathias De Clercq	Open Vld	East Flanders
Rutten, GwendolynGwendolyn Rutten	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
Bajart, LionelLionel Bajart	Open Vld	Brussels-Capital Region
Peeters, LydiaLydia Peeters	Open Vld	Limburg
Taelman, MartineMartine Taelman	Open Vld	Antwerp
Van Volcem, MercedesMercedes Van Volcem	Open Vld	West Flanders
Daems, RikRik Daems	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
Saeys, FreyaFreya Saeys	Open Vld	East Flanders
De Gucht, Jean-JacquesJean-Jacques De Gucht	Open Vld	East Flanders
Schiltz, Willem-FrederikWillem-Frederik Schiltz	Open Vld	Antwerp
De Ro, JoJo De Ro	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
Vanderjeugd, FrancescoFrancesco Vanderjeugd	Open Vld	West Flanders
De Meulemeester, MarnicMarnic De Meulemeester	Open Vld	East Flanders
De Vroe, GwennyGwenny De Vroe	Open Vld	Flemish Brabant
De Croo, HermanHerman De Croo	Open Vld	East Flanders
Crombez, JohnJohn Crombez	sp.a	West Flanders
Idrissi, YamilaYamila Idrissi	sp.a	Brussels-Capital Region
Tobback, BrunoBruno Tobback	sp.a	Flemish Brabant
Van den Bossche, FreyaFreya Van den Bossche	sp.a	East Flanders
Gennez, CarolineCaroline Gennez	sp.a	Antwerp
Lieten, IngridIngrid Lieten	sp.a	Limburg
De Loor, KurtKurt De Loor	sp.a	East Flanders
Beenders, RobRob Beenders	sp.a	Limburg
Bertels, JanJan Bertels	sp.a	Antwerp
Hostekint, MichèleMichèle Hostekint	sp.a	West FLanders
Segers, KatiaKatia Segers	sp.a	Flemish Brabant
Van Malderen, BartBart Van Malderen	sp.a	East Flanders
Landuyt, RenaatRenaat Landuyt	sp.a	West FLanders
Robeyns, ElsEls Robeyns	sp.a	Limburg
Kherbache, YasmineYasmine Kherbache	sp.a	Antwerp
Soens, TineTine Soens	sp.a	West FLanders
Turan, GülerGüler Turan	sp.a	Antwerp
Vandenbroucke, JorisJoris Vandenbroucke	sp.a	East Flanders	replaces Daniël Termont, who decided not to combine his function as Mayor of Ghent with this function
Annouri, ImadeImade Annouri	Groen	Antwerp
Caron, BartBart Caron	Groen	West Flanders
Danen, JohanJohan Danen	Groen	Limburg
Meuleman, ElisabethElisabeth Meuleman	Groen	East Flanders
Moerenhout, AnAn Moerenhout	Groen	Flemish Brabant
Pira, IngridIngrid Pira	Groen	Antwerp
Rzoska, BjörnBjörn Rzoska	Groen	East Flanders
Sanctorum, HermesHermes Sanctorum	Groen	Flemish Brabant
Van Besien, WouterWouter Van Besien	Groen	Antwerp
Van den Brandt, ElkeElke Van den Brandt	Groen	Brussels Capital Region
Depoortere, OrtwinOrtwin Depoortere	Vlaams Belang	East Flanders	since 28 September 2015, replacing Barbara Bonte, who resigned due to personal reasons
D'Haeseleer, GuyGuy D'Haeseleer	Vlaams Belang	East Flanders
Janssens, ChrisChris Janssens	Vlaams Belang	Limburg
Sintobin, StefaanStefaan Sintobin	Vlaams Belang	West Flanders
Van Dermeersch, AnkeAnke Van Dermeersch	Vlaams Belang	Antwerp
Van Grieken, TomTom Van Grieken	Vlaams Belang	Antwerp
Van Eyken, ChristianChristian Van Eyken	UF	Flemish Brabant

Sources

"Vlaamse Volksvertegenwoordigers" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
"Bureau" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 2010-07-18.

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