Government of Wallonia

Executive branch of Wallonia

Government of Wallonia

Gouvernement de Wallonie

Coat of arms of Wallonia

Overview
Established| 1979; 46 years ago (1979)
Polity| Wallonia (Belgium)
Leader| Minister-President
Responsible to| Parliament of Wallonia
Headquarters| Élysette in Namur
Website| gouvernement.wallonie.be
The Élysette in Namur is the office building of the Walloon Minister-President

The Government of Wallonia (French: Gouvernement de Wallonie, pronounced [ɡuvɛʁnəmɑ̃ də walɔni]) or Walloon Government (French: Gouvernement wallon, pronounced [ɡuvɛʁnəmɑ̃ walɔ̃]) is the executive branch of Wallonia and one of the six governments in Belgium. It is located in Namur, where the Parliament of Wallonia is also seated

## Compositions

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### Current composition (Dolimont)

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Following the 2024 Belgian regional elections, the   Mouvement Réformateur (MR) (26 seats) became the largest party and chose to form a government together with the third party   Les Engagés (LE) (17 seats). The 43 seats they have together is sufficient for a majority (38 needed). The parties agreed on 13 July 2024 to form a government and the new ministers were sworn in on 15 July 2024[1]

Walloon Government - Dolimont

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Function  | Name  | Party
Minister-president; Minister of Budget, Finance, Animal Welfare, International Affairs, and Firearms Licenses  | Adrien Dolimont |  | MR
Vice-President; Minister of Urban Planning, Public Works, Traffic Safety; and Local Affairs  | François Desquesnes |  | LE
Vice-President; Minister of Economy and Employment  | Pierre-Yves Jeholet |  | MR
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs  | Anne-Catherine Dalcq |  | MR
Minister of Energy, Air-Climate Plan, Housing and Airports  | Cécile Neven |  | MR
Minister of Sports, Infrastructure, and Media  | Jacqueline Galant |  | MR
Minister of Tourism, Heritage, Infrastructure, and Childcare  | Valérie Lescrenier |  | LE
Minister of Health, Environment, Social Economy, Social Action, Fight against Poverty, Handicapped, and Families  | Yves Coppieters |  | LE

### Composition 2019–2024 (Di Rupo III)

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On 13 September 2019 it was announced that Elio Di Rupo would become the minister-President of Wallonia again for the third time, in a government led by the   Socialist Party (PS) (23 seats), together with   MR (20 seats) and   Ecolo (12 seats).[2]

Walloon Government - Di Rupo III

Function  | Name  | Party
Minister-president | Elio di Rupo |  | PS
Vice-President; Minister of Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Equality  | Christie Morreale [fr] |  | PS
Vice-President; Minister of Economy, Foreign Trade, Spatial Planning and Agriculture  | Willy Borsus |  | MR
Minister of Local Government and Housing  | Pierre-Yves Dermagne (until 1 October 2020) |  | PS
Christophe Collignon (from 1 October 2020)
Minister of Budget, Sports Infrastructure and Airports  | Jean-Luc Crucke (until 13 January 2022) |  | MR
Adrien Dolimont (from 13 January 2022)
Minister of Civil Service Matters, Administrative Simplification, Child Benefits, Tourism, Heritage and Traffic Safety  | Valérie De Bue |  | MR
Minister of Environment, Nature, Rural Renovation and Animal Welfare  | Céline Tellier [fr] |  | Ecolo
Minister of Climate, Mobility, Infrastructure and Energy  | Philippe Henry |  | Ecolo

### Composition 2017–2019 (Borsus)

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On 19 June 2017, the   CDH announced it was no longer willing to govern together with the PS following several scandals in Belgian politics in which high placed members of the PS were involved typically receiving high payments for extra functions, including in Publifin and SAMU Social.[3] On 25 July the CDH (13 seats) formed a new coalition together with the   MR (25 seats), only narrowly getting a majority (38 out of 75 seats), to create the first government since 1988 in which the PS was not involved. The number of ministers was reduced from eight to seven.

Walloon Government - Borsus

Function  | Name  | Party
Minister-President | Willy Borsus |  | MR
Vice-President; Minister of Economy and Employment  | Pierre-Yves Jeholet |  | MR
Vice-President; Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Equality  | Alda Greoli |  | MR
Minister of Agriculture, Nature, Forests and Tourism  | René Collin |  | cdH
Minister of Budget, Energy and Airports  | Adrien Dolimont |  | cdH
Minister of Local Government, Housing and Sports Infrastructure  | Valérie De Bue |  | MR
Minister of Environment, Mobility, Spatial Planning, Public Works and Animal Well-Being  | Carlo Di Antonio |  | cdH

### Composition 2014–2017 (Magnette)

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Following the 25 May 2014 election,   PS (30 seats) and   CDH (13 seats) parties formed a coalition.

Walloon Government - Magnette

Function  | Name  | Party
Minister-President | Paul Magnette |  | PS
Vice-President; Minister of Economy, Industry, Innovation and Digitalisation  | Jean-Claude Marcourt |  | PS
Vice-President; Minister of Public Works, Health, Social Action and Heritage  | Maxime Prévot |  | cdH
Minister of Local Government, City Policy, Housing and Energy  | Paul Furlan (until 26 January 2017) |  | PS
Minister of Local Government, City Policy and Housing  | Pierre-Yves Dermagne (from 26 January 2016) |  | PS
Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning, Mobility, Transport, Airports and Animal Welfare  | Carlo Di Antonio |  | cdH
Minister of Employment and Formation  | Eliane Tillieux |  | PS
Minister of Budget, Public Office, Administrative Simplification and Energy  | Christophe Lacroix |  | PS
Minister of Agriculture, Nature, Rusticity, Tourism and Sports Infrastructure  | René Collin |  | cdH

### Composition 2009–2014

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Following the 7 June 2009 election,   PS (29 seats),   Ecolo (14 seats) and   CDH (13 seats) parties formed a coalition.

Walloon Government - Demotte II

Party | Name | Function
| PS | Rudy Demotte | Minister-President
| PS | Jean-Claude Marcourt | Vice-President; Minister of Economy and Foreign Commerce
| PS | Paul Furlan | Minister of Local Government and City Policy
| PS | Eliane Tillieux | Minister of Social Action and Public Health
| CDH | Benoît Lutgen | Minister of Public Works, Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Patrimony and Nature Policy
| CDH | André Antoine | Minister of Budget, Finance, Employment, Education and Sports
| Ecolo | Jean-Marc Nollet | Minister of Energy, Housing, Public Office and Sustainable Development
| Ecolo | Philippe Henry | Minister of Mobility and Planning

### Composition 2004–2009

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After the elections of 13 June 2004, the  PS (34 seats) en  CDH (14 seats) formed a coalition.

Walloon Cabinet - Demotte I

| Party | Name | Function
| PS  | Rudy Demotte (from July 2007) | Minister-President
| PS  | Elio Di Rupo (from October 2005 until July 2007) | Minister-President
| PS  | Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (until 30 September 2005) | Minister-President
| CDH  | André Antoine (politician) | Vice-President; Minister of Housing, Transport and Territorial Development
| PS  | Michel Daerden | Vice-President; Minister of Budget, Finance and Public Works
| PS  | Marie Arena | Minister of Formation/Training
| PS  | Philippe Courard | Minister of Home Affairs and Public Function
| CDH  | Marie-Dominique Simonet | Minister of Scientific Research, New Technologies en Foreign Affairs
| PS  | Jean-Claude Marcourt | Minister of Economy, Employment, Foreign Commerce and Patrimony
| PS  | Christiane Vienne | Minister of Public Health, Social Affairs and Equal Chances
| CDH  | Benoît Lutgen | Minister of Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Environment and Tourism

## References

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1. ^ "Les Engagés and MR approve Walloon f" [Les Engagés and MR approve Walloon government participation]. vrt.be. 13 July 2024.
2. ^ "Elio Di Rupo (PS) wordt minister-president van paars-groene regering in Wallonië" [Elio Di Rupo (PS) becomes minister-president of purple-green government in Wallonia]. vrt.be. 12 September 2019.
3. ^ "CDH wil niet meer regeren met PS". De Standaard (in Dutch). 19 June 2017.

## External links

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* Media related to Government of Wallonia at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

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