Members and responsibilities of the Government of Flanders 2009-2014

Minister-President Kris Peeters presented the members of his government team on 11 July 2009. The Government of Flanders consists of nine ministers, who have been in office since 2009 for a 5-year term, which is due to end in 2014.

Kris Peeters (CD&V)
Minister-President of the Government of Flanders,
Flemish Minister for Economy, Foreign Policy, Agriculture and Rural Policy, responsible for:

• general government policy
• agriculture and fisheries
• foreign policy
• rural policy and economy (with the exception of public economic instruments).

Ingrid Lieten (sp.a)
Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders,
Flemish Minister for Innovation, Public Investment, Media and Poverty Reduction, responsible for:

• fundamental, strategic and policy-oriented research
• technological innovation
• media
• coordination of the policy on poverty
• public economic instruments

Geert Bourgeois (N-VA)
Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders,
Flemish Minister for Public Governance, Local and Provincial Government, Civic Integration, Tourism and the Vlaamse Rand, responsible for:

• public governance (with the exception of urban policy)
• tourism policy field
• management and protection of immovable heritage 
• policy on the Flemish periphery around Brussels

Jo Vandeurzen (CD&V)
Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family, responsible for:

• welfare, public health and family.

Hilde Crevits (CD&V)
Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, responsible for:

• the mobility and public works policy area.

Freya Van den Bossche (sp.a)
Flemish Minister for Energy, Housing, Cities and Social Economy, responsible for:

• housing policy
• social economy
• energy
• urban policy.

Joke Schauvliege (CD&V)
Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture, responsible for:

• the environment, water management, land-use planning and nutrient management
• nature and natural resources
• cultural heritage
• professional arts
• socio-cultural adult work

Pascal Smet (sp.a)
Flemish Minister for Education, Youth, Equal Opportunities and Brussels Affairs, responsible for:

• education and training
• youth work (inclusive of the coordination of children’s rights policy)
• the equal opportunities policy
• the coordination of the policy on Brussels-Capital.

Philippe Muyters (N-VA)
Flemish Minister for Finance, Budget, Work, Spatial Planning and Sport, responsible for:

• finance and budget
• spatial planning
• employment (inclusive of the language use in social relations)
• vocational training
• sport.