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Members and responsibilities of the Government of Flanders 2019-2024

The Government of Flanders consists of nine ministers, who are in office for a 5-year term, which is due to end in 2024.

Members and responsibilities

Jan Jambon (N-VA)

Minister-President of the Government of Flanders,
Flemish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Culture, Digitilisation and Facility Management, responsible for:

  • general government policy
  • foreign policy
  • culture
  • disaster fund
  • digitilisation
  • facilities and IT.

Hilde Crevits (CD&V)

Deputy Minister-President of the Government of Flanders,
Flemish Minister for Welfare, Public Health and Family, responsible for:

  • welfare, public health and family
  • sea fisheries.

Gwendolyn Rutten (Open Vld)

Deputy Minister-President of the Government of Flanders,
Flemish Minister for Home Affairs, Public Governance, Civic Integration and Equal Opportunities, responsible for:

  • public governance
  • equal opportunities policy
  • civic integration
  • internal affairs.

Ben Weyts (N-VA)

Deputy Minister-President of the Government of Flanders,
Flemish Minister for Education, Sports, Animal Welfare and the Vlaamse Rand, responsible for:

  • education and training
  • policy on the Flemish periphery around Brussels
  • sport
  • animal welfare.

Zuhal Demir (N-VA)

Flemish Minister for Justice and Enforcement, Environment and Spatial Development, Energy and Tourism, responsible for:

  • environment and rural policy
  • nature and natural resources
  • spatial planning
  • energy
  • tourism
  • administrative justice
  • justice and enforcement.

Matthias Diependaele (N-VA)

Flemish Minister for Finance and Budget, Housing and Immovable Heritage, responsible for:

  • finance and budget
  • housing policy
  • management and protection of immovable heritage.

Lydia Peeters (Open Vld)

Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, responsible for:

  • mobility and public works.

Benjamin Dalle (CD&V)

Flemish Minister for Brussels, Youth, Media and Poverty Reduction, responsible for:

  • the coordination of the policy on Brussels-Capital
  • youth work
  • media
  • coordination of the policy on poverty.

Jo Brouns (CD&V)

Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation, Work, Social Economy and Agriculture, responsible for:

  • economy
  • fundamental, strategic and policy-oriented research
  • technological innovation
  • employment
  • vocational training
  • social economy
  • agriculture and fisheries.