Jambon Government

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Jambon Government
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Cabinet of Flanders
Incumbent
Date formed2 October 2019
People and organisations
Head of state Philippe of Belgium
Head of government Jan Jambon
No. of ministers9
Member party  N-VA
  CD&V
  Open Vld
Status in legislatureCoalition
History
Predecessor Homans
SuccessorIncumbent
Parliamentary majority Regering Homans (zetelverdeling 2019).png
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 Jambon Minister-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 Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for the Interior, Administrative Affairs, Integration, and Equal Opportunities
N-VA Ben Weyts Vice minister-president of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Education, Animal Welfare, Brussels Periphery and Sport
N-VA Zuhal Demir Flemish 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 Diependaele Flemish Minister for Finance, Budget, Housing and Immovable Heritage
Open Vld Lydia Peeters Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works
CD&V Benjamin Dalle Flemish Minister for Brussels, Media, Youth and Poverty Reduction (Poverty Reduction from May 18, 2022)

Changes

  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/

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