Minister-President of Wallonia

The Minister-President of Wallonia is the head of the Walloon Government, the executive power of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium.

Minister-President of Wallonia
Coat of arms of Wallonia
Incumbent Elio Di Rupo since 13 September 2019
Residence	Élysette
Seat	Rue Mazy, 25-27 B-5000 Namur
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Jean-Maurice Dehousse
Formation	22 December 1981
Website	http://gouvernement.wallonie.be

He has his official residence, known as the Élysette, in Namur, along the Meuse River.

The Minister-President should not be confused with the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium, which is currently led by Pierre-Yves Jeholet.

No.		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Election	Government
	1		Jean-Maurice Dehousse (1936–)	22 December 1981	26 January 1982	PS	1981	Dehousse I	PS, PRL, PSC
	2		André Damseaux (1937–2007)	26 January 1982	25 October 1982	PRL	—	Damseaux	PRL, PS, PSC
	3		Jean-Maurice Dehousse (1936–)	25 October 1982	11 December 1985	PS	—	Dehousse II	PS, PRL, PSC
	4		Melchior Wathelet (1949–)	11 December 1985	3 February 1988	PSC	1985	Wathelet	PSC, PRL
	5		Guy Coëme (1946–)	3 February 1988	9 May 1988	PS	1987	Coëme	PS, PSC
	6		Bernard Anselme (1945–)	11 May 1988	7 January 1992	PS	—	Anselme	PS, PSC
	7		Guy Spitaels (1931–2012)	7 January 1992	25 January 1994	PS	1991	Spitaels	PS, PSC
	8		Robert Collignon (1943–)	25 January 1994	15 July 1999	PS	—	Collignon I	PS, PSC
							1995	Collignon II	PS, PSC
	9		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	15 July 1999	4 April 2000	PS	1999	Di Rupo I	PS, PRL-FDF, Ecolo
	10		Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (1944–)	4 April 2000	30 September 2005	PS	—	Van Cauwenberghe I	PS, PRL-FDF, Ecolo
							2004	Van Cauwenberghe II	PS, cdH
	—		André Antoine (acting) (1951–)	30 September 2005	6 October 2005	cdH	—	Antoine	cdH, PS
	11		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	6 October 2005	20 July 2007	PS	—	Di Rupo II	PS, cdH
	12		Rudy Demotte (1963–)	20 July 2007	22 July 2014	PS	—	Demotte I	PS, cdH
							2009	Demotte II	PS, Ecolo, cdH
	13		Paul Magnette (1971–)	22 July 2014	28 July 2017	PS	2014	Magnette	PS, cdH
	14		Willy Borsus (1962–)	28 July 2017	13 September 2019	MR	—	Borsus	MR, cdH
	15		Elio Di Rupo (1951–)	13 September 2019	Incumbent	PS	2019	Di Rupo III	PS, MR, Ecolo

Timeline

Living former Minister-Presidents

Name	Term	Date of birth	Age
Jean-Maurice Dehousse	1981-1982 & 1982-1985	11 October 1936	83 years, 9 months
Melchior Wathelet	1985-1988	6 March 1949	71 years, 5 months
Guy Coëme	1988	21 August 1946	73 years, 11 months
Bernard Anselme	1988-1992	3 November 1945	74 years, 9 months
Robert Collignon	1994-1999	10 February 1943	77 years, 5 months
Elio Di Rupo	1999-2000 & 2005-2007 & 2019-	18 July 1951	69 years
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe	2000-2005	28 April 1944	76 years, 3 months
André Antoine	2005	3 February 1960	60 years, 6 months
Rudy Demotte	2007-2014	3 June 1963	57 years, 2 months
Paul Magnette	2014-2017	28 June 1971	49 years, 1 month
Willy Borsus	2017-2019	4 April 1962	58 years, 4 months

See also

• Prime Minister of Belgium
• Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region
• Minister-President of Flanders
• Minister-President of the French Community
• Minister-President of the German-speaking Community