Jambon Government

Cabinet of Flanders
Incumbent
Date formed2 October 2019
People and organisations
Head of statePhilippe of Belgium
Head of governmentJan Jambon
No. of ministers9
Member party  N-VA
  CD&V
  Open Vld
Status in legislatureCoalition
History
PredecessorHomans
SuccessorIncumbent
Parliamentary majority

The Jambon Government (Regering-Jambon) is the Flemish Government formed and sworn in on 2 October 2019, following the 2019 Belgian regional elections and replacing the interim Homans Government.

On 30 September 2019, just over four months after the elections, the ruling parties (New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V) and the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)) announced they had agreed to form a new coalition led by Jan Jambon, to be sworn in on 2 October 2019.

The cabinet started with a small majority in the Flemish Parliament as it dropped from 89 to 70 seats since the previous election, needing 63 for a majority. It lost a further seat in April 2021 when Sihame El Kaouakibi left Open Vld and became an independent member of Parliament.[1] The main opposition parties are far-right Vlaams Belang (VB), the Green party and the Socialist Party (sp.a).

Composition

The coalition replaced the interim Homans Government, again consisting of the   N-VA (35 seats),   CD&V (19 seats) and   Open Vld (16 seats). In contrary to what was expected, the N-VA only has four ministers (instead of five), while CD&V has three (instead of only two). Finally, Open Vld has two ministers.

Flemish Government - Jambon 2019-current
PartyNameFunction
N-VA Jan JambonMinister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Culture, Foreign Policy and Development Cooperation
CD&V Hilde Crevits (until May 17, 2022)Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Employment, Social Economy, Innovation and Agriculture
CD&V Hilde Crevits (from May 18, 2022)Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Welfare, Health and Family
Open Vld Bart Somers (until November 6, 2023)Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for the Interior, Administrative Affairs, Integration, and Equal Opportunities
Open Vld Gwendolyn Rutten (from November 7, 2023)Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for the Interior, Administrative Affairs, Integration, and Equal Opportunities
N-VA Ben WeytsVice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Education, Animal Welfare, Brussels Periphery and Sport
N-VA Zuhal DemirFlemish Minister for Justice and Enforcement, Environment, Energy and Tourism
CD&V Wouter Beke (until May 12, 2022)Flemish Minister for Welfare, Health, Family and Poverty Reduction
CD&V Jo Brouns (from May 18, 2022)Flemish Minister for Economy, Employment, Social Economy, Innovation and Agriculture
N-VA Matthias DiependaeleFlemish Minister for Finance, Budget, Housing and Immovable Heritage
Open Vld Lydia PeetersFlemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works
CD&V Benjamin DalleFlemish Minister for Brussels, Media, Youth and Poverty Reduction (Poverty Reduction from May 18, 2022)

Changes

  • On 12 May 2022 Wouter Beke announced to be resigning from the Flemish Government after suffering months of criticism on his approach towards tackling the corona crisis, the waiting lists in healthcare and the abuses in childcare. Beke returned to take up the position of mayor of Leopoldsburg. [2]. A few days later, CD&V announced that his portfolios (Welfare, Health, Family and Poverty Reduction) would be taken over by Hilde Crevits, who would in turn leave her portfolios (Economy, Employment, Social Economy, Innovation and Agriculture) to newcomer Jo Brouns.[3]
  • On 6 November 2023 Bart Somers announced to be resigning from the Flemish Government to take up his position as mayor of Mechelen, replacing acting mayor Alexander Vandersmissen.[4] One day later, Gwendolyn Rutten was announced as the successor of Somers.[5]

References

  1. ↑ NWS, VRT (8 April 2021). "Sihame El Kaouakibi stapt zelf uit Open VLD, maar blijft wel in Vlaams Parlement zitten". vrtnws.be (in Dutch).
  2. ↑ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/05/12/persconferentie-wouter-beke/
  3. ↑ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/05/16/cd-v-nieuwe-minister/
  4. ↑ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/11/06/bart-somers-open-vld-legt-zijn-mandaat-als-vlaams-minister-nee/
  5. ↑ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/11/07/persconferentie-open-vld/
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