In December 1944, Belgium (theoretically including the two French departments) was split into a Reichsgau Flandern, a Reichsgau Wallonien, and a Distrikt Brüssel, all of which were nominally annexed by the Greater German Reich (therefore excluding the proposed Brabant province).[6] In Flanders the DeVlag party under the leadership of Jef van de Wiele became the sole political party, in Wallonia the Rexist Party under the leadership of Léon Degrelle. Van de Wiele was appointed "National Leader of the Flemish people" (Landsleider van het Vlaamsche volk) in addition to the usual titles of Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter bestowed upon Nazi German regional administrators. He also became the "Head of the Flemish Liberation Committee" (Hoofd van het Vlaamsche Bevrijdingscomité).