title: List of Belgian provincial governors
text: # List of Belgian provincial governors
  
  This is the list of current Belgian province governors.
  
  ## Current governors
  
  | Province | Governor | Party | Office entered |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Antwerp | Cathy Berx | CD&V | 2008 |
  | East Flanders | André Denys | Open VLD | 2004 |
  | Flemish Brabant | Lodewijk De Witte | SP.A | 1995 |
  | Hainaut | Claude Durieux | PS | 2004 |
  | Liège | Michel Foret | MR | 2004 |
  | Limburg | Herman Reynders | SP.A | 2009 |
  | Luxembourg | Bernard Caprasse | | 1996 |
  | Namur | Denis Mathen | MR | 2007 |
  | Walloon Brabant | Gilles Mahieu | PS | 2015 |
  | West Flanders | Carl Decaluwe | CD&V | 2012 |
  
  ## Past governors (since 1830)
  
  ### Antwerp
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | François de Robiano | | 1830 | 1831 |
  | 2. | Jean-François Tielemans | | 1831 | 1831 |
  | 3. | Charles Rogier | | 1831 | 1832 |
  | 3. | Charles Rogier | | 1834 | 1840 |
  | 4. | Henri de Brouckère | | 1840 | 1844 |
  | 5. | Jules Malou | | 1844 | 1845 |
  | 6. | Jan Teichmann | | 1845 | 1862 |
  | 7. | Edward Pycke d'Ideghem | | 1862 | 1887 |
  | 8. | Charles du Bois de Vroylande | | 1887 | 1888 |
  | 9. | Edward Osy de Zegwaart | | 1889 | 1900 |
  | 10. | Fredegand Cogels | | 1900 | 1907 |
  | 11. | Louis de Brouchoven de Bergeyck | | 1907 | 1908 |
  | 12. | Ferdinand de Baillet-Latour | | 1908 | 1912 |
  | 13. | Gaston van de Werve de Schilde | | 1912 | 1923 |
  | 14. | Georges Holvoet | | 1923 | 1945 |
  | 15. | Richard Declerck | | 1946 | 1966 |
  | 16. | Andries Kinsbergen | | 1967 | 1993 |
  | 17. | Camille Paulus | | 1993 | 2008 |
  | 18. | Cathy Berx | CD&V | 2008 | present |
  
  ### Brabant (1830–1995)
  
  * 1830 Pierre-François Van Meenen (temporary)
  * 1830 - 1834 Feuillien-Charles-Marie-Joseph de Coppin
  * 1834 - 1838 Goswin baron de Stassart (liberal)
  * 1839 - 1845 Guillaume-Jean-Antoine baron de Viron
  * 1845 - 1852 Charles Liedts (liberal)
  * 1852 - 1855 P. Annemans (ad interim)
  * 1855 - 1860 Charles Liedts (liberal)
  * 1861 - 1862 P. Annemans (ad interim)
  * 1862 - 1883 François Dubois-Thorn
  * 1883 - 1884 Theodore Heyvaert (liberal)
  * 1885 - 1906 Auguste Vergote
  * 1906 - 1928 Henri Emile de Béco
  * 1928 - 1935 François-André Nens
  * 1935 - 1942 Albert Houtart
     * 1942 - 1943 replaced by Jean-Mathieu Croonenberghs
     * 1943 replaced by Frans Wildiers
     * 1943 - 1944 vervangen door Adrien Gilles de Pelichy
  * 1944 - 1945 Jean Herinckx (ad interim)
  * 1945 Jules Hansez (ad interim)
  * 1945 - 1951 Fernand Demets (liberal)
  * 1951 - 1976 Jean de Neeff (catholic party)
  * 1977 - 1989 Ivan Roggen
  * 1989 - 1995 André Degroeve (PS)
  
  **Flemish Brabant**
  
  | # | Governor | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | | Lodewijk De Witte | SP.A | 1995 | present |
  
  **Walloon Brabant**
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Valmy Féaux | PS | 1995 | 2000 |
  | 2. | Emmanuel Hendrickx | PS | 2000 | 2006 |
  | 3. | Éttiene Hachez | PS | 2006 | 2007 |
  | 4. | Marie-José Laloy | PS | 2007 | 2014 |
  | 5. | Christophe Baes | PS | 2014 | 2015 |
  | 6. | Gilles Mahieu | PS | 2015 | - |
  
  ### East Flanders
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Pierre De Ryckere | | 1830 | 1830 |
  | 2. | Werner de Lamberts-Cortenbach | | 1830 | 1834 |
  | 3. | Charles Vilain XIIII | | 1834 | 1836 |
  | 4. | Louis de Schiervel | | 1837 | 1843 |
  | 5. | Léandre Desmaisières | | 1843 | 1848 |
  | 6. | Edouard De Jaegher | | 1848 | 1871 |
  | 7. | Emile de T'Serclaes De Wommersom | | 1871 | 1879 |
  | 8. | Léon Verhaeghe de Naeyer | | 1879 | 1885 |
  | 9. | Raymond de Kerchove d'Exaerde | | 1885 | 1919 |
  | 10. | Maurice Lippens | | 1919 | 1921 |
  | 11. | André de Kerchove de Denterghem | | 1921 | 1929 |
  | 12. | Karel Weyler | | 1929 | 1935 |
  | 13. | Jules Ingenbleek | | 1935 | 1938 |
  | 14. | Louis Frederiq | | 1938 | 1939 |
  | 15. | Maurice Van den Boogaerde | | 1939 | 1954 |
  | 16. | Albert Mariën | | 1954 | 1963 |
  | 17. | Roger De Kinder | BSP | 1963 | 1984 |
  | 18. | Herman Balthazar | SP/SP.A | 1984 | 2004 |
  | 19. | André Denys | Open VLD | 2004 | 2013 |
  | 20. | Jan Briers | | 2013 | |
  
  ### Hainaut
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Ambroise de Puydt | | 1830 | 1834 |
  | 2. | Jean-Baptiste Thorn | | 1836 | 1841 |
  | 3. | Charles Liedts | | 1841 | 1845 |
  | 4. | Édouard Mercier | | 1845 | 1847 |
  | 5. | Augustin Dumon-Dumortier | | 1847 | 1848 |
  | 6. | Adolphe de Vrière | | 1848 | 1849 |
  | 7. | Louis Troye | | 1849 | 1870 |
  | 8. | Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay | | 1870 | 1878 |
  | 9. | Auguste Wanderpepen | | 1878 | 1878 |
  | 10. | Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem | | 1878 | 1884 |
  | 11. | Auguste Vergote | | 1884 | 1885 |
  | 12. | Joseph d'Ursel | | 1885 | 1889 |
  | 13. | Charles d'Ursel | | 1889 | 1893 |
  | 14. | Raoul du Sart de Bouland | | 1893 | 1908 |
  | 15. | Maurice Damoiseaux | | 1908 | 1937 |
  | 16. | Henri Van Mol | | 1937 | 1940 |
  | 17. | Émile Cornez | | 1944 | 1967 |
  | 18. | Emilien Vaes | | 1967 | 1983 |
  | 19. | Michel Tromont | | 1983 | 2004 |
  | 20. | Claude Durieux | PS | 2004 | present |
  
  ### Liège
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Etienne de Sauvage | | 1830 | 1831 |
  | 2. | Jean-François Tielemans | | 1831 | 1832 |
  | 3. | Charles van den Steen de Jehay | | 1832 | 1844 |
  | 4. | Henri de Brouckère | | 1844 | 1846 |
  | 5. | Edmond de la Coste | | 1846 | 1847 |
  | 6. | Ferdinand de Macar | | 1847 | 1863 |
  | 7. | Charles de Luesemans | | 1863 | 1882 |
  | 8. | Léon Pety de Thozée | | 1882 | 1908 |
  | 9. | Henry Delvaux de Fenffe | | 1908 | 1919 |
  | 10. | Gaston Gregoire | | 1919 | 1927 |
  | 11. | Henri Pirard | | 1927 | 1937 |
  | 12. | Jules Mathieu | | 1937 | 1943 |
  | 13. | Joseph Leclercq | PSB | 1944 | 1953 |
  | 14. | Pierre Clerdent | PRL | 1953 | 1971 |
  | 15. | Gilbert Mottard | PS | 1972 | 1990 |
  | 16. | Paul Bolland | | 1990 | 2004 |
  | 17. | Michel Foret | MR | 2004 | present |
  
  ### Limburg
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Frans de Loë Imstenraedt de Mheer | | 1830 | 1831 |
  | 2. | Jean-François Hennequin | | 1831 | 1834 |
  | 3. | Werner de Lamberts-Cortenbach | | 1834 | 1843 |
  | 4. | Pierre de Schiervel | | 1843 | 1857 |
  | 5. | Theodoor de T'Serclaes de Wommersom | | 1857 | 1871 |
  | 6. | Pieter de Decker | | 1871 | 1871 |
  | 7. | Joseph Bovy | | 1872 | 1879 |
  | 8. | Adolphe Goupy de Beauvolers | | 1879 | 1894 |
  | 9. | Henri de Pitteurs-Hiégaerts | | 1894 | 1914 |
  | 10. | Vacant (World War I) | | 1914 | 1919 |
  | 11. | Theodore de Renesse | | 1919 | 1927 |
  | 12. | Hubert Verwilghen | | 1928 | 1940 |
  | 13. | Gérard Romsée | | 1940 | 1941 |
  | 14. | Jef Lysens | | 1941 | 1944 |
  | 15. | Hubert Verwilghen | | 1944 | 1950 |
  | 16. | Louis Roppe | | 1950 | 1978 |
  | 17. | Harry Vandermeulen | | 1978 | 1995 |
  | 18. | Hilde Houben-Bertrand | CVP/CD&V | 1995 | 2005 |
  | 19. | Steve Stevaert | SP.A | 2005 | 2009 |
  | 20. | Herman Reynders | SP.A | 2009 | present |
  
  ### Luxembourg
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Jean-Baptiste Thorn | | 1830 | 1836 |
  | 2. | Victorin de Steenhault | | 1936 | 1841 |
  | 3. | Joseph de Riquet de Caraman et de Chimay | | 1841 | 1842 |
  | 4. | Charles Vandamme | | 1862 | 1884 |
  | 5. | Paul de Gerlache | | 1884 | 1891 |
  | 6. | Édouard Orban de Xivry | | 1891 | 1901 |
  | 7. | Emmanuel de Briey | | 1902 | 1932 |
  | 8. | Fernand Van den Corput | | 1932 | 1940 |
  | 9. | René Greindl | | 1940 | 1944 |
  | 10. | Fernand Van den Corput | | 1944 | 1945 |
  | 11. | Pierre Clerdent | | 1946 | 1953 |
  | 12. | Maurice Brasseur | | 1965 | 1976 |
  | 13. | Jacques Planchard | | 1976 | 1996 |
  | 14. | Bernard Caprasse | CDH | 1996 | 2016 |
  | 15. | Oliver Schmitz | CDH | 2016 | present |
  
  ### Namur
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Goswin de Stassart | | 1830 | 1834 |
  | 2. | Joseph Lebeau | | 1834 | 1840 |
  | 3. | Edouard d'Huart | | 1840 | 1847 |
  | 4. | Adolphe de Vrière | | 1847 | 1848 |
  | 5. | Victor Pirson | | 1848 | 1851 |
  | 6. | Charles de Baillet | | 1853 | 1875 |
  | 7. | D. de Mevius | | 1876 | 1877 |
  | 8. | Albert de Beauffort | | 1877 | 1881 |
  | 9. | Léon Pety de Thozée | | 1881 | 1882 |
  | 10. | Auguste Vergote | | 1882 | 1884 |
  | 11. | Charles de Montpellier de Vedrin | | 1884 | 1914 |
  | 12. | Pierre de Gaiffier d'Hestroy | | 1919 | 1937 |
  | 13. | François Bovesse | | 1937 | 1944 |
  | 14. | Robert Gruslin | | 1945 | 1968 |
  | 15. | René Close | PS | 1968 | 1977 |
  | 16. | Pierre Falize | PS | 1977 | 1980 |
  | 17. | Emile Lacroix | PS | 1980 | 1987 |
  | 18. | Emile Wauthy | PSC | 1987 | 1994 |
  | 19. | Amand Dalem | PSC | 1994 | 2007 |
  | 20. | Denis Mathen | MR | 2007 | present |
  
  ### West Flanders
  
  | # | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Felix de Muelenaere | Catholic | 1830 | 1831 |
  | 1. | Felix de Muelenaere | Catholic | 1832 | 1834 |
  | 1. | Felix de Muelenaere | Catholic | 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 | 1979 |
  | 17. | Olivier Vanneste | CVP | 1979 | 1997 |
  | 18. | Paul Breyne | CVP/CD&V | 1997 | 2012 |
  | 19. | Carl Decaluwe | CD&V | 2012 | present |
  
  ## National Bank of Belgium
  
  * François-Philippe de Haussy (1850–1869)
  * Eugène Prévinaire (1870–1877)
  * André-Eugène Pirson (1877–1881)
  * Alexandre Jamar (1882–1888)
  * Eugène Anspach (1888–1890)
  * Victor Van Hoegaerden (1891–1905)
  * Théophile de Lantsheere (1905–1918)
  * Leon Van der Rest (1918–1923)
  * Fernand Hautain (1923–1926)
  * Louis Franck (1926–1937)
  * Georges Janssen (1938–1941)
  * Albert Goffin (1941)
  * Georges Theunis (1941–1944)
  * Maurice Frère (1944–1957)
  * Hubert Ansiaux (1957–1971)
  * Robert Vandeputte (1971–1975)
  * Cecil de Strycker (1975–1982)
  
  | Governor | Party | Office entered | Office left |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Jean Godeaux | | 1982 | 1989 |
  | Alfons Verplaetse | | 1989 | 1999 |
  | Guy Quaden | PS | 1999 | 2011 |
  | Luc Coene | Open VLD | 2011 | Present |
  