The Governor of West Flanders is the head of government for the Belgian province of West Flanders. The province is located in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
Provincial governors of West Flanders under the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-1830).
A list of governors since Belgian independence in 1830.
| # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Decaluwé | CD&V | 2012 | present | |
The country of Belgium is divided into three regions. Two of these regions, the Flemish Region or Flanders, and Walloon Region, or Wallonia, are each subdivided into five provinces. The third region, the Brussels Capital Region, is not divided into provinces, as it was originally only a small part of a province itself.
Leonard Pierre Joseph, Viscount du Bus de Gisignies was a soldier and politician in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.