Socialistische Partij Anders  Socialist Party Differently (, sp.a) is a social-democratic Flemish political party in Belgium. The party emerged from the Belgian Socialist Party linguistic and community split in 1978 which also produced the Socialist Party. The Belgian Socialist Party was itself formed by former members of the Belgian Labour Party. The party was known until 2001 as the Socialist Party (Dutch: "Socialistische Partij", SP). From December 2011 to September 2014, sp.a was part of the Di Rupo Government, along with its Francophone counterpart Socialist Party. Sp.a has been part of the Flemish Government several times. The party was the big winner in the 2003 election, running on the SP.A-Spirit joint list (cartel) with the social-liberal party Spirit. Their share of the vote went up from 9% (of the total Belgian vote) to almost 15%, a second place in the number of votes. The main victim of this resurgence was the Green! party (formerly known as "Agalev"). Sp.a was part of the "purple" federal coalitions of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt from 12 July 1999 until 10 June 2007, which contained both the Flemish and Francophone liberal and social-democratic parties. In 2004, the sp.a along with its partner Spirit lost the elections for the Flemish Parliament. Although they won more seats in comparison to the Flemish elections of 1999, their percentage of the vote compared to the successful 2003 federal elections was considerably down. The reputation of then party leader Steve Stevaert took a beating too. The party was briefly led by Caroline Gennez, after former president Steve Stevaert left to become governor of Limburg. Johan Vande Lanotte, who served as Minister of the Budget in the federal Government, was elected President and resigned as minister to become President on 17 October 2005. He resigned 11 June 2007, after sp.a-Spirit lost the elections for the federal parliament of 10 June 2007. In these federal elections, the cartel won 14 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 4 out of 40 seats in the Senate. Afterwards, Caroline Gennez was elected President by the party members. As of May 2009, sp.a was in opposition in federal politics. Uunlike its Francophone counterpart, the Socialist Party (PS), sp.a was not a participant in the Leterme II Government. In January 2009, the party had apparently changed its name to Socialists and Progressive Differently (Dutch: "Socialisten en Progressieven Anders").