Liesbeth Homans

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Liesbeth Homans
Liesbeth Homans in 2013
Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
Assumed office
2 October 2019
Preceded byWilfried Vandaele
Minister-president of Flanders
In office
2 July 2019 – 2 October 2019
MonarchPhilippe
Preceded byGeert Bourgeois
Succeeded byJan Jambon
Vice Minister-President of Flanders
In office
25 July 2014 – 2 October 2019
Prime MinisterGeert Bourgeois
Herself
Preceded byGeert Bourgeois
Succeeded byBart Somers
Member of the Belgian Senate
In office
13 July 2010 – 14 October 2012
Member of the Flemish Parliament
Assumed office
2 October 2019
In office
7 June 2009 – 23 July 2014
Personal details
Born (1973-02-17) 17 February 1973 (age 51)
Antwerp, Belgium
Political partyN-VA (2001–present)
Other political
affiliations
People's Union (until 2001)
Children2
ResidenceWilrijk
Websitehttp://www.n-va.be/cv/liesbeth-homans

Liesbeth Homans (born 17 February 1973) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to New Flemish Alliance. She was elected as a member of the Flemish Parliament in 2009 and as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2010.[1]

She was chairwoman of the Openbaar centrum voor maatschappelijk welzijn (Public Centre for Social Welfare) in Antwerp from 2013 until July 2014, when she became a member of the Bourgeois Government as Flemish Minister for Local Government, Poverty Reduction, Housing, Civic Integration, Equal Opportunities, Cities and Social Economy.

In July 2019 she became the first female Minister-President of Flanders in succession of Geert Bourgeois as he became member of the European parliament. The Homans Government was however only an intermediate government in attendance of a new Flemish government and was replaced in October 2019 by the Jambon Government. On 2 October 2019 she became Speaker of the Flemish Parliament.

Controversies[edit]

On 2 July 2019, when a picture was being taken following her oath of office, she said "we do not want this rag in the background", in reference to the Belgian flag.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Belgische Senaat" (in Dutch). Belgian Senate. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Liesbeth Homans, première ministre-présidente flamande et première "blague"". L'Echo. July 2, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

External links[edit]

Media related to Liesbeth Homans at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Minister-President of Flanders
2019
Succeeded by