List of Ministers-President of the Walloon Region

This is the list of Ministers-President (prime minister

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s) of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium

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.

The Minister-President of the Wallon Region should not to be confused with the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium.

No.	Name	Date of birth/death	Office Entered	Office Left	Party
1	Jean-Maurice Dehousse Jean-Maurice Dehousse Jean-Maurice Dehousse is a former Member of the European Parliament who served Belgium between 1999 and 2004 as a member of the Parti Socialiste. He was the first Minister-President of the Walloon Region.- Life :... (1st time)	11 October 1936	22 December 1981	26 January 1982	PS Socialist Party (francophone Belgium) The Socialist Party is a Francophone social-democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2010 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party...
2	André Damseaux André Damseaux André Damseaux was a Belgian politician, Minister-President of the Walloon Region and Member of the European Parliament.- Life :...	5 March 1937 – 29 March 2007	26 January 1982	25 October 1982	PRL
3	Jean-Maurice Dehousse Jean-Maurice Dehousse Jean-Maurice Dehousse is a former Member of the European Parliament who served Belgium between 1999 and 2004 as a member of the Parti Socialiste. He was the first Minister-President of the Walloon Region.- Life :... (2nd time)	11 October 1936	25 October 1982	11 December 1985	PS Socialist Party (francophone Belgium) The Socialist Party is a Francophone social-democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2010 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party...
4	Melchior Wathelet Melchior Wathelet Melchior H.M.J.F.C. Wathelet is a Belgian politician and member of the Humanist Democratic Centre. He has degrees in law and in economics and is a Master of Laws . He's also a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and the Université de Liège...	6 March 1949	11 December 1985	3 February 1988	PSC Humanist Democratic Centre The Humanist Democratic Centre is a Francophone Christian democratic political party in Belgium. The cdH currently participates in the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, the Government of the French Community and the Walloon Government.- History :...
5	Guy Coëme Guy Coëme Guy Coëme is a Francophone Belgian politician for the Socialist Party .Coëme served as minister of defence in the government Martens VIII and IX. In the first cabinet Dehaene, he was promoted to deputy prime minister and served as minister of transport...	21 August 1946	3 February 1988	9 May 1988	PS
6	Bernard Anselme Bernard Anselme Bernard Anselme was the Minister-President of the Walloon Region of Belgium from May 11, 1988 to January 7, 1992.- Biography :Bernard Anselme was born on November 3, 1945 in Mouscron, Wallonia to a postal worker...	3 November 1945	11 May 1988	7 January 1992	PS
7	Guy Spitaels Guy Spitaels Guy G. A. Gh. Spitaels is a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He graduated in 1957 in political and social sciences at the Universite Catholique de Louvain ....	3 September 1931	7 January 1992	25 January 1994	PS
8	Robert Collignon	10 February 1943	25 January 1994	15 July 1999	PS
9	Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo is a Belgian social-democratic politician and the Party Leader of the Socialist Party .-Biography:... (1st time)	18 July 1951	15 July 1999	4 April 2000	PS
10	Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe , nicknamed "Van Cau", is a Walloon politician. He is member of the Belgian French-speaking Socialist Party ....	28 April 1944	4 April 2000	30 September 2005	PS
—	André Antoine (acting)	3 February 1960	30 September 2005	6 October 2005	CDH
11	Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo is a Belgian social-democratic politician and the Party Leader of the Socialist Party .-Biography:... (2nd time)	18 July 1951	6 October 2005	20 July 2007	PS
12	Rudy Demotte Rudy Demotte Rudy W.G. Demotte is a Belgian socialist politician and present Minister-President of Wallonia since 19 July 2007, replacing Elio Di Rupo, one month after an historical defeat of the socialists in the federal election...	3 June 1963	20 July 2007	Incumbent	PS

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