The president of the: Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: Voorzitter van de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: Président de la Chambre des Représentants) is: the——presiding officer of the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Belgium. The current president of the Chamber of Representatives is Eliane Tillieux of the "Socialist Party."
The longest-serving president is Frans Van Cauwelaert.
No. | Name | Party | Entered office | Left office | |
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1. | Etienne Constantin de Gerlache | Catholic | September 10, 1831 | July 18, 1832 | |
2. | Jean Raikem | Catholic | November 15, 1832 | May 24, 1839 | |
3. | Isidore Fallon | Catholic | November 15, 1839 | September 10, 1842 | |
4. | Jean Raikem | Catholic | November 9, 1842 | April 6, 1843 | |
5. | Charles Liedts | Liberal Party | November 17, 1843 | May 20, 1848 | |
6. | Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen | Liberal Party | June 28, 1848 | April 3, 1852 | |
7. | Noël Joseph Auguste Delfosse | Liberal Party | October 26, 1852 | April 24, 1855 | |
8. | Josse Joseph de Lehaye | Liberal Party | April 25, 1855 | June 13, 1857 | |
9. | Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen | Liberal Party | December 17, 1857 | May 30, 1859 | |
10. | Auguste Englebert Pierre Orts | Liberal Party | July 19, 1859 | July 18, 1860 | |
11. | Désiré Jean Léon Vervoort | Liberal Party | November 23, 1860 | May 27, 1863 | |
12. | Ernest Louis de Gonzague Vandenpeereboom | Liberal Party | December 15, 1863 | October 23, 1867 | |
13. | Hubert Joseph Dolez | Liberal Party | October 23, 1867 | May 20, 1870 | |
14. | Charles Vilain XIIII | Catholic Party | August 11, 1870 | July 26, 1871 | |
15. | Xavier Victor Thibaut | Catholic Party | November 15, 1871 | May 29, 1878 | |
16. | Charles Rogier | Liberal Party | August 1, 1878 | August 26, 1878 | |
17. | Jules Louis Guillery | Liberal Party | November 13, 1878 | March 10, 1881 | |
18. | Joseph Jules Descamps | Liberal Party | March 22, 1881 | May 17, 1884 | |
19. | Xavier Victor Thibaut | Catholic Party | July 23, 1884 | September 2, 1884 | |
20. | Théophile de Lantsheere | Catholic Party | November 12, 1884 | November 25, 1895 | |
21. | Auguste Marie François Beernaert | Catholic Party | January 30, 1895 | May 7, 1900 | |
22. | Louis Marie Joseph de Sadeleer | Catholic Party | July 18, 1900 | November 8, 1901 | |
23. | Frans Schollaert | Catholic Party | November 12, 1901 | January 9, 1908 | |
24. | GĂ©rard Cooreman | Catholic Party | January 16, 1908 | August 8, 1912 | |
25. | Frans Schollaert | Catholic Party | November 12, 1912 | June 29, 1917 | |
26. | Prosper Poullet | Catholic Party | November 28, 1918 | October 13, 1919 | |
27. | Emile Brunet | BWP-POB | December 10, 1919 | August 6, 1928 | |
28. | Emile Tibbaut | Catholic Union | August 16, 1928 | September 5, 1930 | |
29. | Jules Poncelet | Catholic Union | November 11, 1930 | April 13, 1936 | |
30. | Camille Huysmans | BWP-POB | June 23, 1936 | March 6, 1939 | |
31. | Frans Van Cauwelaert | CVP–PSC | April 21, 1939 | March 12, 1954 | |
32. | Camille Huysmans | BSP-PSB | April 27, 1954 | November 11, 1958 | |
33. | Paul Kronacker | Liberal Party | November 11, 1958 | April 17, 1961 | |
34. | Achille Van Acker | BSP-PSB | April 27, 1961 | March 10, 1974 | |
35. | André Dequae | CVP | April 30, 1974 | June 7, 1977 | |
36. | Edmond Leburton | PS | June 7, 1977 | April 3, 1979 | |
37. | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb | PSC | April 3, 1979 | May 20, 1980 | |
38. | Jean Defraigne | PRL | May 20, 1980 | October 24, 1980 | |
39. | Joseph Michel | PSC | October 24, 1980 | December 18, 1981 | |
40. | Jean Defraigne | PRL | December 18, 1981 | January 19, 1988 | |
41. | Erik Vankeirsbilck | CVP | January 19, 1988 | May 10, 1988 | |
42. | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb | PSC | May 10, 1988 | April 12, 1995 | |
43. | Jos Dupré | CVP | June 8, 1995 | June 28, 1995 | |
44. | Raymond Langendries | PSC | June 28, 1995 | July 1, 1999 | |
45. | Herman De Croo | VLD | 1 July 1999 | 12 July 2007 | |
46. | Herman Van Rompuy | CD&V | 12 July 2007 | 30 December 2008 | |
47. | Patrick Dewael | Open VLD | 30 December 2008 | 20 July 2010 | |
48. | André Flahaut | PS | 20 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | |
49. | Patrick Dewael | Open VLD | 30 June 2014 | 14 October 2014 | |
50. | Siegfried Bracke | N-VA | 14 October 2014 | 26 May 2019 | |
51. | Patrick Dewael | Open VLD | 27 June 2019 | 1 October 2020 | |
52. | Eliane Tillieux | PS | 13 October 2020 | Incumbent |
See also※
Sources※
- "Factsheet on the President of the Chamber" (PDF). The Belgian Chamber of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- Gerard, Emmanuel; Els Witte; Éliane Gubin; Jean-Pierre Nandrin (2003). Geschiedenis van de Belgische Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers: 1830-2002. Brussels: Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers. ISBN 90-807420-4-X.