The cabinet had a small majority in the Flemish Parliament as they dropped from 89 to 70 seats since the previous election, needing 63 for a majority. The main opposition parties were far-right Vlaams Belang (VB), the Green party and the Socialist Party (sp.a).
On 30 September 2019, the three parties announced that they had come to a new coalition agreement to form a new government which would start governing from 2 October 2019, thereby replacing the interim Homans Government.
Composition
The Homans Government consisted of eight ministers, which was one less than the previous government as the N-VA has shifted the various functions over one less minister. Homans took over the role of minister-president from Geert Bourgeois and Ben Weyts became the new vice minister-president, taking over Bourgeois' ministerial duties of Foreign Policy and Immovable Heritage on top of his duties as Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, the Brussels Periphery, Tourism and Animal Welfare.
Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Public Governance, Civic Integration, Housing, Equal Opportunities and Poverty Reduction
Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, the Brussels Periphery, Tourism, Animal Welfare, Foreign Policy and Immovable Heritage
Flemish Minister for Town and Country Planning, Environment and Nature
Changes
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