List of Belgian provincial governors

This is the list of current Belgian province governors.

## Current governors

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Province | Governor | Party | Office entered

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Antwerp |  | Cathy Berx | CD&V | 2008
East Flanders |  | André Denys | Open VLD | 2004
Flemish Brabant |  | Lodewijk De Witte | SP.A | 1995
Hainaut |  | Claude Durieux | PS | 2004
Liège |  | Michel Foret | MR | 2004
Limburg |  | Herman Reynders | SP.A | 2009
Luxembourg |  | Bernard Caprasse |  | 1996
Namur |  | Denis Mathen | MR | 2007
Walloon Brabant |  | Gilles Mahieu | PS | 2015
West Flanders |  | Carl Decaluwe | CD&V | 2012

## Past governors (since 1830)

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### Antwerp

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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1. |  | François de Robiano |  | 1830 | 1831
2. |  | Jean-François Tielemans |  | 1831
3. |  | Charles Rogier |  | 1831 | 1832
1834 | 1840
4. |  | Henri de Brouckère |  | 1840 | 1844
5. |  | Jules Malou |  | 1844 | 1845
6. |  | Jan Teichmann |  | 1845 | 1862
7. |  | Edward Pycke d'Ideghem |  | 1862 | 1887
8. |  | Charles du Bois de Vroylande |  | 1887 | 1888
9. |  | Edward Osy de Zegwaart |  | 1889 | 1900
10. |  | Fredegand Cogels |  | 1900 | 1907
11. |  | Louis de Brouchoven de Bergeyck |  | 1907 | 1908
12. |  | Ferdinand de Baillet-Latour |  | 1908 | 1912
13. |  | Gaston van de Werve de Schilde |  | 1912 | 1923
14. |  | Georges Holvoet |  | 1923 | 1945
15. |  | Richard Declerck |  | 1946 | 1966
16. |  | Andries Kinsbergen |  | 1967 | 1993
17. |  | Camille Paulus |  | 1993 | 2008
18. |  | Cathy Berx | CD&V | 2008 | present

### Brabant (1830–1995)

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* 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

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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1. |  | Lodewijk De Witte | SP.A | 1995 | present

#### Walloon Brabant

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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1. |  | Valmy Féaux | PS | 1995 | 2000
2. |  | Emmanuel Hendrickx | PS | 2000 | 2006
3. |  | Éttiene Hachez | PS | 2006 | 2007
4. |  | Marie-José Laloy | PS | 2007 | 2014
5. |  | Christophe Baes | PS | 2014 | 2015
6. |  | Gilles Mahieu | PS | 2015 | \-

### East Flanders

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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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

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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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

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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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

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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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

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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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 | 2016
15. |  | Oliver Schmitz | CDH | 2016 | present

### Namur

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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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

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# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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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

## National Bank of Belgium

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* François-Philippe de Haussy (1850–1869)
* Eugène Prévinaire (1870–1877)
* André-Eugène Pirson (1877–1881)
* Alexandre Jamar (1882–1888)
* Eugène Anspach (1888–1890)
* Victor Van Hoegaerden (1891–1905)
* Théophile de Lantsheere (1905–1918)
* Leon Van der Rest (1918–1923)
* Fernand Hautain (1923–1926)
* Louis Franck (1926–1937)
* Georges Janssen (1938–1941)
* Albert Goffin (1941)
* Georges Theunis (1941–1944)
* Maurice Frère (1944–1957)
* Hubert Ansiaux (1957–1971)
* Robert Vandeputte (1971–1975)
* Cecil de Strycker (1975–1982)

# | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left

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|  | Jean Godeaux |  | 1982 | 1989
|  | Alfons Verplaetse |  | 1989 | 1999
|  | Guy Quaden | PS | 1999 | 2011
|  | Luc Coene | Open VLD | 2011 | Present