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Party abbreviations: CD&V = Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (Christian-Democratic and Flemish, Flemish, former CVP, est.Sep 2001); FDF = Fédéralistes Démocrates Francophones (Francophone Democratic Federalists, center-right, to 2010 named Front Démocratique des Francophones [Democratic Front of Francophones], Brussels regionalist, est.1964, part of MR 2002-2011); FN = Front National (National Front, Belgian nationalist, Wallonia & Brussels, est.1985); FNB = Front Nouveau de Belgique (New Front of Belgium, Belgian nationalist, Wallonia & Brussels, est.1996); MR = Mouvement Réformateur (Reformist Movement, social liberal, union of PFF, FDF [to 2011], PRL, and MCC, est.2002); NVA = Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (New Flemish Alliance, conservative, Flemish nationalist, est.2001); O-VLD = Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats, 'Open VLD', conservative liberal, Flemish, former VLD, est.Feb 2007); PFF = Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (Party for Freedom and Progress, German, liberal, est.1961, formerly part of PVV-PLP, from 2002 part of MR); PS = Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party, Francophone social-democratic, Francophone, former BSP-PSB, est.1978); RWF = Rassemblement Wallonie-France (Rally Wallonia France, socialist, Walloon separatist, est.1999); SP.A = Socialistische Partij.Anders (Socialist Party Another Way], Flanders, est.2001, formerly SP); VBl = Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest, Flemish nationalist, separatist, Eurosceptic, former VB, est.2004);
- Former parties: BSP-PSB = Parti Socialiste Belge/Belgische Socialistische Partij (Belgian Socialist Party, social-democratic, 1945-1980, divided into PS and SP); Con = Conservative (19th century conservative); CDH = Centre Démocrate Humaniste (Humanist Democratic Center, Francophone, centrist, Francophone, former PSC, 2002-17 Mar 2022, renamed Les Engagés); CP = Confessionnel Catholique Parti/Confessionele Katholieke Partij (Confessional Catholic Party, 1869-1921, then as Union Catholique Belge/Katholiek Verbond van België [Belgian Catholic Union], catholic, conservative, 1921-1936, then Parti Catholique Social/Blok der Katholieken van België [Belgian Catholic Bloc - Social Catholic Party], 1936-1945, merged into CVP); CVP = Christelijke Volkspartij (Christian People's Party, Flemish, christian-democratic, Flanders, 1972-Sep 2001, renamed CD&V); CVP-PSC = Christelijke Volkspartij/Parti Social-chrétien (Christian People's Party-Social Christian Party, Aug 1945-1972, divided into CVP and PSC); Devlag = Duitschen-Vlaamsche Arbeidsgemeenschap/Deutsch-Vlämische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (German-Flemish Workers Community, Flemish fascist, pro-union with Germany, 1935-1945); Lib = Liberal/Liberalen (19th century liberal); MP = Meetingpartij (Meeting Party, anti-militarist, anti-royalist, Antwerp regionalist, 1862-1907, absorbed into CP); NSDAP = Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nazi German fascist, xenophobic, 1920-1945); Org = Orangist (royalist, pro-House of Orange, 1814-1830); PCS-KVV = Parti Catholique Social/Katholieke Vlaamsche Volkspartij (Social Catholic Party-Catholic Flemish People's Party, catholic federated parties, 1937-1945); PL/LP = Parti Libéral/Liberale Partij (Liberal Party, liberal, 1846-1961, then PVV-PLP); POB-BWP = Parti Ouvrier Belge/Belgische Werklieden Partij (Belgian Worker's Party, socialist, 1885-1945, renamed BSP-PSB); PRL = Parti Péformateur Libéral (Liberal Reform Party, Wallonia & Brussels, from 2002 part of MR, 1979-2003); PRLW = Parti des Réformes et de la Liberté de Wallonie (Reforms and Freedom Party for Wallonia, center-right, merger of PLP and part of RW in 1976, became PRL on merger with PL, Wallonia and Brussels); PSC = Parti Social Chrétien (Social Christian Party, center-right, in Wallonia and Brussels, 1972-2002, renamed CDH); PVV-PLP = Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti pour la Liberté et la Prosperité (Party for Freedom and Prosperity, liberal, divided 1971 in PVV [in Flanders and Brussels] and PLP [in Wallonia and Brussels], 1961-1992); Rex = Parti Rexiste (Rexist Party, officially Rex, Walloon fascist, corporatist, socialist, 1936-1945); SLP = Sociaal-Liberale Partij (Social Liberal Party, social-liberal, progressive, formerly VP, 2009-Dec 2009, merged into Groen [Green]); Spirit = Sociaal, Progressief, Internationaal, Regionalistisch, Integraal-democratisch, Toekomstgericht (Social, Progressive, International, Regionalist, Integral-Democratic, Turned to the Future; social-liberal, Flemish, left-wing faction of VU, 2001-19 Apr 2008, renamed VP); SP = Socialistische Partij (Socialist Party, social-democratic, Flemish, 1978-2001, renamed SP.A); VB = Vlaams Blok (Flemish Bloc, Flemish nationalist, separatist, Eurosceptic, 1978-13 Nov 2004, renamed VBl); VLD = Vlaamse Liberale Democraten (Flemish Liberals and Democrats, conservative liberal, Flanders, former PVV, 1992-Feb 2007, renamed O-VLD); VNV = Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (Flemish National Union, Flemish nationalist, far-right, authoritarian, 1933-1945); VP = Vlaamse Progressieven (Flemish Progressists, social-liberal, Flemish, formerly Spirit, 19 Apr 2008-2009, renamed SLP); VU = Volksunie-Vlaamse Vrije Democraten (People's Union-Flemish Free Democrats, center-left, Flemish autonomist, 1954-2001)
Flemish
Provinces
Antwerp
![[Unofficial banner of arms of the Province of
Antwerp (Belgium)]](be-van1.gif "[Unofficial banner of
arms of the Province of Antwerp (Belgium)]") Unofficial Flag |
![[Former official flag of
Province of Antwerp (1928-1997)(Belgium)]](be-van28.gif "[Former official flag of Province of
Antwerp (1928-1997)(Belgium)]") 26 Oct 1928 - 7 Jan 1997 |
![[Antwerp (Province, Belgium)]](be-van.gif "[Antwerp (Province, Belgium)]") Adopted 7 Jan 1997 |
1815 Antwerp (Anvers/Antwerpen) province.
23 Dec 1832 Dutch forces evacuate Antwerp citadel.
11 Oct 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Antwerpen).
18 May 1940 - 4 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940 under 672 Oberfeldkommandantur
[see under Brabant]).
Governors
1815 - 1817 Charles Louis Guillaume Joseph, (b. 1768 - d. 1841)
baron de Keverberg de Kessel
(= Karel Lodewijk Willem Joseph
baron van Keverberg van Kessel)
1817 - 1820 Pierre Joseph, baron Pycke de Ten (b. 1771 - d. 1820)
Aerde
3 Apr 1820 - Mar 1823 Leonard Pierre Joseph, burggraaf (b. 1780 - d. 1849)
du Bus de Gisignies
1823 - 1828 André Charles, jonkheer Membrede (b. 1758 - d. 1831)
1828 - 1829 Edmond Charles Guillaume Ghislain (b. 1788 - d. 1870)
de la Coste
1830 Alexandre François Ghislain, (b. 1769 - d. 1840) Org
burggraaf van der Fosse
4 Oct 1830 - 7 Apr 1831 François Xavier Jean-Marie Joseph (b. 1778 - d. 1836) CP
de Robiano, graaf de Robiano
7 Apr 1831 - 14 Jun 1831 Jean François Tielemans (b. 1799 - d. 1888) PL
15 Jun 1831 - 20 Oct 1832 Charles Latour Rogier (1st time) (b. 1800 - d. 1885) PL
23 Oct 1832 - 8 Oct 1833 Eidius Hendrik Jozef van Trier (b. 1755 - d. 1833) Non-party
de Tiège (interim)
11 Oct 1833 - 3 Aug 1834 Jean Théodore Frédéric Teichmann (b. 1788 - d. 1867) CP
(1st time) (interim)
4 Aug 1834 - 18 Apr 1840 Charles Latour Rogier (2nd time) (s.a.) PL
22 Apr 1840 - 28 Jun 1840 Louis Joseph de Vinck-Du Bois (b. 1784 - d. 1858) CP
(1st time) (acting)
28 Jun 1840 - 4 Sep 1844 Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie (b. 1801 - d. 1891) PL
Hyacinthe de Brouckère
5 Sep 1844 - 30 Jul 1845 Jules Edouard François-Xavier Malou (b. 1810 - d. 1886) CP
31 Jul 1845 - 10 Nov 1845 Louis Joseph de Vinck-Du Bois (s.a.) CP
(2nd time) (acting)
10 Nov 1845 - 4 Apr 1862 Jean Théodore Frédéric Teichmann (s.a.) CP
(2nd time)
5 Apr 1862 - 23 Mar 1887 Jean Joseph Edouard (Edward) Pycke (b. 1807 - d. 1892) PL
d'Ideghem, ridder Pycke d'Ideghem
24 Mar 1887 - 30 Dec 1888 Charles Louis du Bois de Vroylande (b. 1835 - d. 1888) CP
30 Dec 1888 - 26 Jan 1889 Augustus (August) Josephus (b. 1842 - d. 1902) CP
Constantinus Reypens (1st time)
(interim)
26 Jan 1889 - 13 Nov 1900 Eduardus (Eduard) Josephus (b. 1832 - d. 1900) MP
Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart,
baron Osy de Zegwaart
13 Nov 1900 - 15 Dec 1900 Augustus (August) Josephus (s.a.) CP
Constantinus Reypens (2nd time)
(interim)
16 Dec 1900 - 28 May 1907 Fredegandus (Frédégand) Patricius (b. 1850 - d. 1932) MP
Josephus Maria Cogels, baron Cogels
28 May 1907 - 15 Nov 1907 Justin (Justijn) Joseph Peeters (b. 1832 - d. 1925) MP
(interim)
15 Nov 1907 - 14 Mar 1908 Louis Charles Joseph Marie, graaf (b. 1871 - d. 1938) CP
de Brouchoven de Bergeyck
14 Mar 1908 - Dec 1912 Ferdinand Charles Louis Antoine, (b. 1850 - d. 1925) CP
graaf de Baillet Latour
Dec 1912 - 11 Oct 1914 Emmanuel Marie Richard Joseph Henri (b. 1867 - d. 1923) CP
"Gaston", baron van de Werve de
Schilde (1st time)
(German prisoner 11 Oct 1914 - 11 Nov 1918)
11 Oct 1914 - 1916 Fritz Louis von Weller (b. 1848 - d. 1928) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Antwerpen)
Oct 1914 - Jul 1915 Justus Strandes (b. 1859 - d. 1930)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Antwerpen)
1915 - 1916 Gustav Friedrich Carl Johann Sthamer (b. 1856 - d. 1931)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Antwerpen)
17 Dec 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 Johann "Hans" von Zwehl (b. 1851 - d. 1926) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Antwerpen)
Aug 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 Max Schramm (b. 1861 - d. 1928)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Antwerpen)
11 Nov 1918 - 18 Aug 1923 Emmanuel Marie Richard Joseph Henri (s.a.) CP
"Gaston", baron van de Werve de
Schilde (2nd time)
8 Nov 1923 - 17 Aug 1940 Georges Joseph Lamoral Marie (b. 1874 - d. 1967) CP
Ghislain Holvoet, baron Holvoet
(in France exile May 1940 - Sep 1940)
17 Aug 1940 - 25 Sep 1942 Joannes "Jan" Josephus Grauls (b. 1887 - d. 1960) Non-party
(interim)
Sep 1942 - Oct 1942 Arthur Ferdinand Gerard Heylen (b. 1898 - d. 1972) VNV
(interim)
23 Oct 1942 - 4 Sep 1944 Frans Wildiers (interim) (b. 1905 - d. 1986) VNV
Aug 1944 - Sep 1944 Franz Schattenfroh (b. 1898 - d. 1974) NDSAP
(provincial commissioner of Antwerp and Limburg provinces)
4 Sep 1944 - 22 Sep 1944 Georges Joseph Lamoral Marie (s.a.) CP
Ghislain Holvoet, baron Holvoet
(2nd time)
22 Sep 1944 - 26 Aug 1945 Lodewijk Maria Constant Louis (b. 1893 - d. 1945) CP;1945 CVP
Clerckx (interim)
27 Aug 1945 - 4 Jan 1946 Fernandinus Franciscus Joannes- (b. 1881 - d. 1955) CVP
Baptista Gustavus (Gustaaf) Van
der Linden (interim)
7 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1966 Richard Declerck (b. 1899 - d. 1986) BSP
1 Jan 1967 - 1 Oct 1993 Andries Kinsbergen (b. 1926 - d. 2016) PVV;1992 VLD
1 Oct 1993 - 30 Apr 2008 Camille Paulus (b. 1943) VLD;2007 O-VLD
1 May 2008 - Cathy Hilde Raymond Berx (f) (b. 1969) CD&V
Flemish Brabant
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![[Flemish Brabant
Vlaams-Brabant (Belgium)]](be-vbr.gif "[Flemish
Brabant Vlaams-Brabant (Belgium)]")
created by the partition of Brabant province.
Governors
1 Jan 1995 - 31 Aug 2020 Lodewijk "Lode" De Witte (b. 1954) SP;2001 SP.A
1 Sep 2020 - Jan Spooren (b. 1969) NVA
Deputy governors
[monitors rights of Francophones in Brussels periphery]
1995 - 2005 Guy Desolre (b. 1939 - d. 2016) PS
2005 - 2021 Valérie Flohimont (f) (b. 1972) PS
2021 - Fabienne Walravens (f)
East Flanders
![[Unofficial banner of arms of East Flanders
(Belgium)]](be-vov1.gif "[Unofficial banner of arms of
East Flanders (Belgium)]") Unofficial Flag |
![[East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) Belgium)]](be-vov.gif "[East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) Belgium)]") Adopted 14 Dec 1998 |
1815 East Flanders (Flandre-Orientale/Oost-Vlaanderen) province.
12 Oct 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Ostflandern). East Flanders
(Ostflandern), West Flanders (Westflandern), and parts of
Hainaut (Hennegau) provinces are administered by the German Fourth
Army as the Etappengebiet West ("Staging Area West"), definitively
since the middle of Dec 1915.
18 May 1940 - 10 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940, 570 Oberfeldkommandantur has
jurisdiction over provinces East Flanders and West Flanders).
Governors
1815 - 1817 Patrice Charles Ghislain de Coninck (b. 1770 - d. 1827)
1817 - 1819 Charles Louis Guillaume Joseph, (b. 1768 - d. 1841)
baron van Keverberg van Kessel
(= Karel Lodewijk Willem Joseph,
baron van Keverberg van Kessel)
1819 - 1826 Philippe Balthazar Marie Ghislain, (b. 1765 - d. 1830)
graaf de Lens, baron de Meulebeke
1826 - 1830 Hendrik Jacob van Doorn van (b. 1786 - d. 1853)
Westcapelle, baron van Doorn,
heer van Westcapelle
2 Oct 1830 - 12 Oct 1830 Provincial Commissioners
(from 8 Oct 1830, Special Commission
of the Provisional government
- Karel Lodewijk Spilthoorn (b. 1804 - d. 1872)
- Frans Bernard Callier (b. 1791 - d. 1885)
- Louis Benoît, baron Coppens (b. 1799 - d. 1836)
- Pierre-Joseph de Gamond (b. c.1780 - d. 1835)
(from 9 Oct 1830)
12 Oct 1830 - 21 Dec 1830 Pierre Joseph Marie Colette de (b. 1793 - d. 1863) Org
Ryckere (interim)
21 Dec 1830 - 21 Sep 1834 Werner-Joseph, baron de Lamberts- (b. 1775 - d. 1849) CP
Cortenbach
21 Sep 1834 - 30 Aug 1836 Charles Ghislain Guillaume Vilain (b. 1803 - d. 1878) CP
XIIII
11 Jan 1837 - 12 May 1843 Pierre Leonard "Louis" Marie, baron (b. 1783 - d. 1864) CP
de Schiervel
12 May 1843 - 12 Aug 1847 Léandre Antoine Joseph Desmaisières (b. 1794 - d. 1864) CP
12 Aug 1847 - 1 Sep 1848 Auguste de Cock (interim) (b. 1804 - d. 1869)
1 Sep 1848 - 22 Aug 1871 Edouard Joseph Donatien De Jaegher (b. 1806 - d. 1883) PL
22 Aug 1871 - 11 Oct 1871 François Bellemans (acting) (b. 1821 - d. 1881)
11 Oct 1871 - 6 Oct 1879 Théodore Emile Dominique Charles (b. 1809 - d. 1880) CP
Ghislain, graaf de T'Serclaes de
Wommersom
6 Oct 1879 - 25 Nov 1884 Léon Verhaeghe de Naeyer (b. 1839 - d. 1906) PL
26 Nov 1884 - 25 Aug 1885 Théophile Charles Marie Libbrecht (b. 1860 - d. 1928) CP
(acting)
25 Aug 1885 - Oct 1914 Raymond, jonkheer de Kerchove (b. 1847 - d. 1932) CP
(from 22 Dec 1888, Raymond, jonkheer
de Kerchove d'Exaerde; from 1898,
Raymond, baron de Kerchove d'Exaerde)
(1st time)
Nov 1914 - 1915 Gerhard Heinrich von Manteuffel (b. 1858 - d. 1943) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Ostflandern, Gent)
1915 - 28 Feb 1917 Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp (b. 1865 - d. 1939) Mil
Joseph Herzog von Württemberg
(German commander of the 4th Army
[Oberbefehlshaber IV armee])
1914 - 11 Nov 1918 Friedrich "Fritz" Ecker (b. 1859 - d. 1924)
(präsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Ostflandern, Gent)
1 Mar 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Friedrich Sixt von Arnim (b. 1851 - d. 1936) Mil
(German commander of the 4th Army
[Oberbefehlshaber IV armee])
Nov 1918 - 30 May 1919 Raymond, baron de Kerchove d'Exaerde (s.a.) CP
(2nd time)
30 May 1919 - 30 Jan 1921 Maurice Auguste Eugène Charles Marie (b. 1875 - d. 1956) PL
Ghislain, graaf Lippens
30 Jan 1921 - 25 Jul 1929 André Charles Eugène Oswald, graaf (b. 1885 - d. 1945) PL
de Kerchove de Denterghem
25 Jul 1929 - 14 Oct 1935 Carolus "Karel" Weyler (b. 1870 - d. 1935) PL
19 Oct 1935 - 7 Mar 1938 Marie Julien Jules Jean François (b. 1876 - d. 1953) PL
Ingenbleek
8 Mar 1938 - 17 Jun 1939 Louis Paul Simon, baron Frédericq (b. 1892 - d. 1981) PL
3 Jul 1939 - 1 Aug 1940 Maurice Van den Boogaerde (1st time) (b. 1887 - d. 1956) PL
2 Jun 1940 - 25 Jun 1942 Bernhard von Claer (b. 1888 - d. 1953) Mil
(German commander of 570 Oberfeldkommandantur)
17 Aug 1940 - 1943 Jozef Maria Prosper Anton De Vos (b. 1895 - d. 1988) VNV
(Devos) (interim)
25 Jun 1942 - 25 Jun 1944 Walter Bruns (b. 1889 - d. 1967) Mil
(German commander of 570 Oberfeldkommandantur)
1943 Gérard Jan Florimond De Paep (b. 1898 - d. 1985) VNV
(interim)
31 May 1943 - 2 Sep 1944 Achiel Verstraete (b. 1898 - d. 1980) VNV
25 Jun 1944 - Sep 1944 Reinhold Gothsche (b. 1893 - d. 1945) Mil
(German commander of 570 Oberfeldkommandantur)
1944 - 194. Richard Wilhelm Bördel von Werder (b. 1895 - d. 1945) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of Oost- and West-Vlaanderen provinces)
Sep 1944 - 31 Aug 1954 Maurice Van den Boogaerde (2nd time) (s.a.) PL
1 Sep 1954 - 2 Dec 1963 Albert Auguste Aimé Joseph Mariën (b. 1896 - d. 1964) PL
10 Dec 1963 - 29 Jul 1984 Roger Frans Jan Pieter Paulus de (b. 1919 - d. 1984) BSP/SP
Kinder
1984 - 30 Jun 1985 Honoré Amedé Antoine Van Steenberge (b. 1917 - d. 1994) SP
(acting)
1 Jul 1985 - 2004 Herman Albert Balthazar (b. 1938) SP;2001 SP.A
26 Nov 2004 - 31 Jan 2013 André Cyriel Denys (b. 1948 - d. 2013)VLD:2007OVLD
1 Feb 2013 - 1 Nov 2018 Jan Albert Alfons Briers (b. 1953) Non-party
1 Nov 2018 - 1 Sep 2020 Didier Jean-Marie Achiel (b. 1955) O-VLD
Detollenaere (acting)
1 Sep 2020 - Carina Elisabeth Jan Van Cauter (f) (b. 1962) O-VLD
Limburg
![[Former, unofficial flag of Belgian province
of Limburg]](be-vli1.gif "[Former, unofficial flag of
Belgian province of Limburg]") Old Unofficial Flag |
![[Limburg (Province, Belgium)]](be-vli.gif "[Limburg (Province, Belgium)]") Adopted 29 Oct 1996 |
25 Aug 1815 Province of Limburg (Limbourg/Limburg) established (see
under Netherlands provinces).
4 Oct 1830 Administration by Belgium established (except in Maastricht & Venlo).
19 Apr 1839 Final Act of the London Conference divides the province:
part becomes Belgian province of Limburg, the rest becomes
the Duchy of Limburg, in personal union with the Kingdom of
The Netherlands (see Netherlands).
17 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Limburg).
14 May 1940 - 7 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940 under 672 Oberfeldkommandantur
see under Brabant).
Governors
1830 - 1831 François-Charles-Antoine Loë- (b. 1789 - d. 1838) Lib
Imstenrade, baron de Maer,
Imstenrade en Fouron-Saint-Martin
(= Frantz Carl Anton von Loë-Imstenraedt,
baron van Mheer, Imstenraedt en
Sint-Martens-Voeren)
1831 - 1834 Jean François Hennequin (b. 1772 - d. 1846) PL
21 Sep 1834 - 11 May 1843 Werner-Joseph, baron de Lamberts- (b. 1775 - d. 1849) CP
Cortenbach
12 May 1843 - 24 Jun 1857 Pierre Leonard Louis Marie, baron de (b. 1783 - d. 1866) CP
Schiervel
1857 - 1871 Théodore Emile Dominique Charles (b. 1809 - d. 1880) CP
Ghislain, graaf de T'Serclaes de
Wommersom
11 Oct 1871 - 26 Nov 1871 Pierre "Pieter" Jacques François de (b. 1812 - d. 1891) CP
Decker
1872 - 1879 Lambert Hubert Joseph Bovy (b. 1810 - d. 1879) CP
5 Apr 1879 - 21 Apr 1894 Adolphe Emmanuel Louis Hubert (b. 1825 - d. 1894) PL
Ghislain, burggraaf Goupy de
Beauvolers
13 Jun 1894 - 1914 Théodore "Henri" Jules de Pitteurs- (b. 1834 - d. 1917) CP
Hiegaerts
1 Nov 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 August Justus Alexander Keim (b. 1845 - d. 1926) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Limburg)
1914 - 11 Nov 1918 Wilhelm Bazille (b. 1874 - d. 1934)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Limburg)
18 Feb 1919 - 22 Dec 1927 Jean Louis "Théodore" Ferdinand (b. 1854 - d. 1927) CP
Armand, comte de Renesse
1928 - 1940 Hubert Verwilghen (1st time) (b. 1883 - d. 1955) CP
17 Aug 1940 - 1 Apr 1941 Gérard Lambert Marie Ghislain Romsée (b. 1901 - d. 1975) VNV
(interim)
28 Apr 1941 - 9 Sep 1944 Joseph "Jef" Walther Victor Balthasar(b. 1896 - d. 1950) VNV+Rex
Lysens (interim)
Aug 1944 - Sep 1944 Franz Schattenfroh (b. 1898 - d. 1974) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of provinces of Antwerp and Limburg)
1944 - 1950 Hubert Verwilghen (2nd time) (s.a.) CVP
24 Nov 1950 - 1978 Louis Ignace Jozef Hendrik Roppe (b. 1914 - d. 1982) CVP
1978 - 1995 Harry J.C.G. Vandermeulen (b. 1928 - d. 2022) CVP
1995 - 2005 Hilde Houben-Bertrand (f) (b. 1940) CVP;2001 CD&V
1 Jun 2005 - 19 Jun 2009 Steve Robert Jos Stevaert (b. 1954 - d. 2015) SP.A
19 Jun 2009 - 5 Oct 2009 Herman Meers (acting) (b. 1947) Non-party
5 Oct 2009 - 31 Jan 2020 Herman Reynders (b. 1958) SP.A
1 Feb 2020 - 31 Aug 2020 Michel Octave Fernand Marie Carlier (b. 1961) Non-party
(acting)
1 Sep 2020 - Jozef "Jos" André Lantmeeters (b. 1964) NVA
West Flanders
![[Unofficial banner of arms of West Flanders
(Belgium)]](be-vwv1.gif "[Unofficial banner of arms of
West Flanders (Belgium)]") Unofficial Flag |
![[West Flanders (Province, Belgium)]](be-vwv.gif "[West Flanders (Province, Belgium)]") Adopted 27 May 1997 |
1815 West Flanders (Flandre-Occidentale/West-Vlaanderen) province.
14 Oct 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Westflandern), administered by the
Germany Fourth Army as part of the Etappengebiet West, definitively
since the middle of Dec 1915 (see under East Flanders).
20 Oct 1914 - 19 Oct 1918 Marinegebiet (Marine Area), comprising some forty kilometres of
Belgian coast with a triangle of harbors – Ostend, Bruges and
Zeebrugge, administered by the German Imperial German Navy.
Jun 1940 - 12 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940 under 570 Oberfeldkommandantur
see under East Flanders).
Governors
Oct 1815 - 31 Dec 1820 Joseph Benoît (Jozef Benedict) de (b. 1756 - d. 1844)
Loën d'Enschede
1 Jan 1821 - 5 Dec 1822 Hyacinthe "Charles" Guillaume (b. 1770 - d. 1834)
Ghislain, burggraaf van der Fosse
6 Dec 1822 - 8 May 1826 Benedictus (Benoît) Josephus Holvoet (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
9 May 1826 - Sep 1830 Ferdinand François Xavier de Baillet (b. 1789 - d. 1842)
12 Oct 1830 - 21 Dec 1830 Provincial Commissioners
- Felix Amandus de Muelenaere (b. 1793 - d. 1862)
- Christophe Isidore Jullien (b. 1773 - d. 1841)
- Charles Louis Herwijn (b. 1769 - d. 1851)
12 Oct 1830 - 11 Feb 1849 Felix Amandus de Muelenaere (s.a.) Uni/CP
13 Apr 1849 - 9 Nov 1857 Adolphe Pierre Aloïs de Vrière (b. 1806 - d. 1885) PL
26 Nov 1857 - 1 Jul 1877 Benoît Vrambout (b. 1816 - d. 1877) PL
(acting to 25 Dec 1859)
7 Sep 1877 - 7 Aug 1878 Léon Emmanuel Marie Ghislain Ruzette (b. 1836 - d. 1901) CP
(1st time)
7 Aug 1878 - 16 Mar 1883 Théodore Pierre Heyvaert (b. 1834 - d. 1907) PL
18 Mar 1883 - 19 Jun 1884 Guillaume de Brouwer (b. 1840 - d. 1892) PL
19 Jun 1884 - 1 Jan 1901 Léon Emmanuel Marie Ghislain Ruzette (s.a.) CP
(2nd time)
2 Jan 1901 - 14 Feb 1901 Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Félix Vincent (b. 1853 - d. 1907) CP
Pierre Marie de Béthune (1st time)
(acting)
14 Feb 1901 - 28 Jun 1903 Charles Marie Leon d'Ursel (b. 1848 - d. 1903) CP
3 Jul 1903 - 24 Mar 1907 Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Félix Vincent (s.a.) CP
Pierre Marie de Béthune (2nd time)
10 Apr 1907 - 1912 Albéric Emmanuel Henri Marie Ghislain(b. 1866 - d. 1929) CP
baron Ruzette
24 Mar 1912 - 20 Oct 1914 Leon Édouard Ghislain Marie Janssens (b. 1859 - d. 1938) CP
de Bisthoven (1st time)
(in Netherlands exile 23 Oct 1914 - 22 Oct 1918)
20 Oct 1914 - 25 Oct 1918 August Ludwig von Schröder (b. 1854 - d. 1933) Mil
(German commander Marine–Korps Flandern, Marinegebiet)
Nov 1914 - 1915 Leo von Kramsta (b. 1852 – d. 1926) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz West-Flandern)
Nov 1914 - Aug 1918 Küster
(präsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz West-Flandern)
22 Oct 1918 - 5 Jun 1933 Leon Édouard Ghislain Marie Janssens (s.a.) CP
de Bisthoven (from 1922, baron
Janssens de Bisthoven)(2nd time)
6 Jun 1933 - 18 May 1940 Henri Louis Baels (b. 1878 - d. 1951) CP
May 1940 - Aug 1940 Armand Lommez (acting) (b. 1898 - d. 1967)
17 Aug 1940 - 27 Dec 1944 Michiel Bulckaert (interim) (b. 1895 - d. 1968) VNV
1944 - 194. Richard Wilhelm Bördel von Werder (b. 1895 - d. 1945) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of provinces of Oost- and West-Vlaanderen)
25 Dec 1944 - 7 Jan 1979 Pierre van Outryve d'Ydewalle (b. 1912 - d. 1997) CVP
(acting to 25 Dec 1945)
1 Jun 1979 - 18 Aug 1979 Leo Victor Vanackere (b. 1927 - d. 1979) CVP
28 Sep 1979 - 1997 Olivier Paul Julius, baron Vanneste (b. 1930 - d. 2014) CVP
15 May 1997 - 1 Feb 2012 Paul J.G. Breyne (b. 1947) CVP:2001:CD&V
1 Feb 2012 - Carl Jozef Alix Decaluwé (b. 1960) CD&V
Walloon
Provinces
Hainaut
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![[unofficial flag of
Hainaut Province (Belgium)]](be-wht1.gif "[unofficial
flag of Hainaut Province (Belgium)]")
23 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German partial occupation (Hennegau provinz).
24 May 1940 - 3 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940 under 520 Oberfeldkommandantur
see under Namur).
Governors
16 Sep 1815 - 1822 Bonaventure Hyacinthe Joseph de (b. 1755 - d. 1831)
Bousies
23 Sep 1822 - 1825 Hyacinthe "Charles" Guillaume (b. 1770 - d. 1834)
Ghislain, burggraaf van der Fosse
10 Jun 1825 - 1828 Maximilien Henri Ghislain, baron (b. 1781 - d. 1834)
de Beeckman de Libersart
1828 - 1830 Marie Charles Ferdinand, baron de (b. 1785 - d. 1866) Lib
Macar
29 Sep 1830 - 1834 Jean Ambroise de Puydt (b. 1758 - d. 1836)
21 Sep 1834 - 23 Mar 1841 Jean-Baptiste Thorn (b. 1783 - d. 1841) Lib
29 Mar 1841 - 13 Apr 1841 Philippe Harmignies (acting) (b. 1780 - d. 1852)
13 Apr 1841 - 1845 Charles Auguste, baron Liedts (b. 1802 - d. 1878) Lib
12 Aug 1845 - 1847 Édouard Joseph Mercier (b. 1799 - d. 1870) Lib
12 Aug 1847 - 1848 Augustin Aimable Dumon-Dumortier (b. 1791 - d. 1852) PL
1 Sep 1848 - 1849 Adolphe Pierre Aloïs de Vrière (b. 1806 - d. 1885) PL
13 Apr 1849 - 1870 Louis Charles Florent Marie Stanislas(b. 1804 - d. 1875) PL
Auguste Troye
2 Oct 1870 - 30 Jun 1878 Marie Joseph Guy Henri Philippe de (b. 1836 - d. 1892) CP
Riquet de Caraman Chimay, prince
de Chimay
Jul 1878 Auguste Wanderpepen (acting) (b. 1814 - d. 1879) PL
1878 - 1884 Oswald Charles Eugène Marie Ghislain (b. 1844 - d. 1906) PL
de Kerchove de Denterghem
1884 - 1885 Auguste-Frédéric Vergote (b. 1818 - d. 1906) PL
8 May 1885 - 8 Apr 1889 Marie Charles Joseph d'Ursel, (b. 1848 - d. 1903) CP
duc d'Ursel
1889 - 1893 Charles Marie Leon d'Ursel, (b. 1848 - d. 1903) CP
comte d'Ursel
1893 - 1908 Raoul Marie Idesbalde Paul Auguste, (b. 1857 - d. 1915)
baron du Sart de Bouland
1908 - 1914 Maurice Damoiseaux (1st time) (b. 1866 - d. 1938) CP
1914 - c.1916 Ernst Quintus Sigismund von Gladiss (b. 1856 - d. 1920) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Hennegau)
1915 - 1917 Karl Haniel (civil administrator) (b. 1877 - d. 1944)
c.1916 - 1918? Bothe Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Hennegau)
1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Günther von Le Suire (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
(präsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Hennegau)
1918 - 1937 Maurice Damoiseaux (2nd time) (s.a.) CP
1 Jun 1937 - 1 Sep 1940 Henri Van Mol (b. 1886 - d. 1975) PS
Sep 1940 - Sep 1944 Antoine Joseph Leroy (b. 1876 - d. 1960) Rex
1944 - 194. Ernst Mallia (b. 1896 - d. 19..) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of provinces of Hennegau and Namur)
1944 - 1967 Émile Cornez (b. 1900 - d. 1967) CP
1967 - 1978 Émilien Vaes (b. 1916 - d. 1997) PRL
1983 - 2004 Michel Jules Arthur Tromont (b. 1937 - d. 2018) PRL
1 Aug 2004 - 31 Dec 2012 Claude Durieux (b. 1945) PS
1 Jan 2013 - 28 Mar 2013 Guy Bracaval (interim) (b. 1959?) PS
28 Mar 2013 - Tommy Leclercq (b. 1970) PS
Liège
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![[Unofficial flag of
the Province of Liège (Belgium)]](be-wlg1.gif "[Unofficial flag of the Province of Liège
(Belgium)]")
7 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Lüttich).
13 May 1940 - 8 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940, 589 Oberfeldkommandantur has
jurisdiction over the provinces of Liège and Luxembourg).
Dec 1944 - Jan 1945 Brief German re-occupation of parts of Liège province.
Governors
1815 - 1828 Charles Alexandre de Liedekerke- (b. 1764 - d. 1846)
Beaufort
1828 - 1830 Samuel Johannes Sandberg baron van (b. 1778 - d. 1854)
Essenburg
1830 - 1831 Étienne Noel Joseph de Sauvage (b. 1789 - d. 1867) Lib
4 Jun 1831 - 4 Oct 1832 Jean-François Tielemans (b. 1799 - d. 1888) Lib
1832 - 1844 Charles Herman Amand Joseph van (b. 1781 - d. 1846) CP
den Steen de Jehay
4 Sep 1844 - 22 Jun 1846 Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie (b. 1801 - d. 1891) Lib
Hyacinthe de Brouckère
8 Aug 1846 - 12 Aug 1847 Edmond Charles Guillaume Ghislain (b. 1778 - d. 1870) PL
de la Coste
1847 - 1863 Ferdinand de Macar (b. 1785 - d. 1866) PL
1863 - 26 Mar 1882 Charles Joseph Pascal de Luesemans (b. 1808 - d. 1882) PL
1882 - 1908 Léon Pety de Thozée (b. 1841 - d. 1912) PL
Ap 1908 - 1914 Henry Charles Marie Adolphe Delvaux(b. 1863 - d. 1947) CP
de Fenffe (1st time)
13 Aug 1914 - 7 Nov 1914 Richard Heinrich Wilhelm Kolewe (b. 1853 - d. 1943) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Festung Lüttich)
Aug 1914 - Jul 1915 Vollmer
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Lüttich)
7 Nov 1914 - 30 Sep 1916 Günther Franz Werner Wilhelm Bodo (b. 1859 - d. 1935) Mil
Graf von der Schulenburg-Hehlen
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Lüttich)
Jul 1915 - 11 Nov 1918 Wilhelm Horning
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Lüttich)
Oct 1916 - Dec 1916 Max Karl Kurt von Seydewitz (b. 1857 - d. 1921) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Lüttich)
23 Dec 1916 - 1918? Leo Götz von Olenhusen (b. 1855 - d. 1942) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Lüttich)
1918 - 1919 Henry Charles Marie Adolphe Delvaux(s.a.) CP
de Fenffe (2nd time)
1919 - 1927 Gaston Grégoire (b. 1860 - d. 1927) PL
1927 - 1937 Henri Louis Joseph Pirard (b. 1868 - d. 1948) BWP-POB
1937 - 1940 Jules Mathieu (b. 1887 - d. 1943) BWP-POB
(in exile to 6 Feb 1943)
2 Jun 1940 - 15 Nov 1942 Gustav Keim (b. 1876 - d. 1955) Mil
(German commander of 589 Oberfeldkommandantur)
20 Aug 1940 - 30 Mar 1942 Georges Doyen (interim) (b. 1906 - d. 19..) CP
1 Apr 1942 - Sep 1944 Georges Olivier Petit (b. 1885 - d. 19..) Rex
15 Nov 1942 - 10 Jun 1943 Georg Bertram (b. 1882 - d. 1953) Mil
(German commander of 589 Oberfeldkommandantur)
10 Jun 1943 - 7 Sep 1944 Bernhard von Claer (b. 1888 - d. 1953) Mil
(German commander of 589 Oberfeldkommandantur)
Sep 1944 - 194. Bernhard Ruberg (b. 1897 - d. 1945) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of Luik and Luxemburg provinces)
1944 - 1953 Joseph Leclercq (b. 1886 - d. 1961) PSB
1953 - 1971 Pierre Charles Jean Joseph, (b. 1909 - d. 2006) PRL
comte Clerdent
1971 - 1990 Gilbert Mottard (b. 1926 - d. 2011) PS
1990 - 2004 Paul Bolland (b. 1939) PS
11 Feb 2004 - 2015 Michel Foret (b. 1948) MR
1 Oct 2015 - Hervé Jamar (b. 1965) MR
Luxembourg
![[Unofficial banner of arms of the Province of
Luxembourg (Belgium)]](be-wlx.gif "[Unofficial banner
of arms of the Province of Luxembourg (Belgium)]") Unofficial Flag |
![[Luxembourg (Province, Belgium)]](be-wlx1.gif "[Luxembourg (Province, Belgium)]") Adopted 23 Mar 1955 |
16 Oct 1830 Belgian provisional government declares Luxembourg (Luxembourg/
Luxemburg) an integral part of Belgium (Arlon district defects
to the revolutionaries 19 Oct 1830; district of Luxembourg
[excluding the Luxembourg fortress] on 22 Oct 1830).
22 Oct 1830 - 19 Jan 1839 Belgian occupation/administration of Luxembourg
(except the fortress-city of Luxembourg).
17 Feb 1831 Upon separation of Belgium from the Kingdom of The
Netherlands, the already diminished territory of Luxembourg
is divided into the (larger) Belgian province of Luxembourg
and the (smaller) surviving Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
17 Feb 1831 Luxembourg (Luxembourg/Luxemburg/Lussimbork) province.
19 Jun 1839 Division of Luxembourg acquiesced to by the King/Grand-duke.
12 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Luxemburg).
10 May 1940 - 10 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940 under 589 Oberfeldkommandantur
see under Liege).
Dec 1944 - Jan 1945 Brief German re-occupation of parts of Luxembourg province.
Commissioner-general (in Arlon)
5 Oct 1830 - 16 Oct 1830 François d'Hoffschmit (b. 1797 - d. 1854) Lib
(Franz Heinrich von Hoffschmidt)
Governors
16 Oct 1830 - 1832 Jean-Baptiste Thorn (b. 1783 - d. 1841) Lib
19 Apr 1832 - 21 Sep 1834 Jean Nicolas Rossignon (b. 1774 - d. 1847)
21 Sep 1834 - 10 Dec 1834 Feuillien Charles Marie Joseph, (b. 1800 - d. 1887) CP
baron de Coppin de Falaën
10 Dec 1834 - 28 Apr 1842 Victorin Jean François Augustin, (b. 1791 - d. 1841)
baron de Steenhault
28 Apr 1841 - 4 Nov 1841 François Toussaint Dubois-Thorn (b. 1805 - d. 1886) Non-party
(1st time)(interim)
4 Nov 1841 - 8 Mar 1842 Joseph de Riquet de Caraman, prince(b. 1808 - d. 1886) CP
de Chimay
8 Mar 1842 - 19 Jun 1842 Auguste Henri Vincent, baron (b. 1789 - d. 1868)
d'Huart de Villemont
19 Jun 1842 - 21 Nov 1842 Adolphe Dechamps (b. 1807 - d. 1875)
21 Nov 1842 - 20 May 1843 Grégoire Louis François Orban (b. 1811 - d. 1891)
(interim)
20 May 1843 - 12 May 1857 Jean-Baptiste Smits (b. 1792 - d. 1857) CP
12 May 1857 - 24 Jun 1857 Charles Philippe Joseph Odon Dury (b. 1813 - d. 1868)
(interim)
24 Jun 1857 - 1862 François Toussaint Dubois-Thorn (s.a.) Non-party
(2nd time)
1862 - 1884 Charles Louis Van Damme (b. 1806 - d. 1884) CP
1884 - 1891 Paul de Gerlache (b. 1838 - d. 1891) CP
1891 - 1901 Édouard Louis Orban, baron de Xivry(b. 1858 - d. 1901) CP?
1902 - 1914 Marie Camille Emmanuel de Briey (b. 1862 - d. 1944) CP
(1st time)
1914 - Jun 1916 Friedrich Hermann Anton von Hurt (b. 1859 - d. 1941) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Luxemburg)
1914 - 1916 Hermann Strahl (b. 1866 - d. 1924)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Luxemburg)
1916 - 1917 Fritz von Weller (b. 1848 - d. 1928) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Luxemburg)
191. - 1918 Heinrich Ritter von Kaufmann-Asser (b. 1882 - d. 1954)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Luxemburg)
1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Leopold Friedrich Wilhelm Graf (b. 1862 - d. 1935) Mil
von Gessler
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Luxemburg)
1918 - 1932 Marie Camille Emmanuel de Briey (s.a.) CP
(2nd time)
1932 - 11 Jul 1940 Fernand Louis Henri François van (b. 1872 - d. 1948) CP
den Corput (1st time)
1 Aug 1940 - 1 Dec 1943 René Marie Jules, baron Greindl (b. 1898 - d. 1945) CP
(interim)(German prisioner 7 Sep 1944 - 21 Feb 1945)
1 Dec 1943 - 1944 Jacques Albert Dewez (b. 1911 - d. 19..) Rex
(acting to 30 Apr 1944)
16 Sep 1944 - 1944 Bernhard Ruberg (did not take over)(b. 1897 - d. 1945) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of Luik and Luxemburg provinces)
1944 - 1945 Fernand Louis Henri François van (s.a.) CP
den Corput (2nd time)
1946 - 1953 Pierre Charles Jean Joseph Clerdent(b. 1909 - d. 2006) PL
1961 - 1965 Désiré de Lamalle (b. 1915 - d. 1996) PSC
1965 - 1976 Maurice Paul Brasseur (b. 1909 - d. 1996) PSC
1976 - 1996 Jacques Planchard (b. 1929 - d. 2013) PSC
4 Jun 1996 - 21 Jan 2016 Bernard Caprasse (b. 1949) PSC;2002 CDH
21 Jan 2016 - Olivier Schmitz (b. 1966) CDH
Namur
![[Unofficial banner of arms of the Province of
Namur (Belgium)]](be-wna1.gif "[Unofficial banner of
arms of the Province of Namur (Belgium)]") Unofficial Flag |
![[Namur (Province, Belgium)]](be-wna.gif "[Namur
(Province, Belgium)]") Adopted 15 Oct 1953 |
1815 Namur (Namur/Namen/Nameur) province.
23 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Namur).
19 May 1940 - 5 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940, 520 Oberfeldkommandantur has
jurisdiction over the provinces of Namur and Hainaut).
Governors
1815 - 1830 Jean d'Omalius d'Halloy (b. 1783 - d. 1875)
10 Jan 1830 - 20 Sep 1834 Goswin Joseph Augustin, baron de (b. 1780 - d. 1854) Lib
Stassart
21 Sep 1834 - 5 Apr 1840 Jean-Louis Joseph Lebeau (b. 1794 - d. 1866) Lib
5 Apr 1840 - 21 Jun 1840 Alexandre Bruno (1st time)(interim) (b. 1780? - d. 1864)
21 Jun 1840 - 2 Nov 1847 Édouard Dominique Marie Joseph, (b. 1800 - d. 1884) Lib
baron d'Huart
2 Nov 1847 - Aug 1848 Adolphe de Vrière (b. 1806 - d. 1885) PL
1 Sep 1848 - 18 Aug 1851 Victor François Perpète Pirson (b. 1809 - d. 1867) PL
31 Aug 1851 - 10 Mar 1853 Alexandre Bruno (2nd time)(interim) (s.a.)
10 Mar 1853 - 20 Nov 1875 Charles, comte de Baillet (b. 1812 - d. 1875) CP
12 Feb 1876 - 11 Jan 1877 Gustave Émile David Ghislain de (b. 1834 - d. 1877)
Mévius
3 Feb 1877 - Jun 1881 Albert-Ghislain-Marie, comte de (b. 1834 - d. 1914) CP
Beauffort
24 Jun 1881 - 29 May 1882 Léon Théodore Marie Pety de Thozée (b. 1841 - d. 1912) PL
2 Aug 1882 - 1884 Auguste Frédéric Vergote (b. 1818 - d. 1906) PL
9 Jun 1884 - 4 Nov 1914 Charles de Montpellier de (b. 1830 - d. 1914) CP
Vedrin
1914 - 1915 Sigmund Ritter von Longchamps-Berier (b. 1846 - d. 1919) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Namur)
25 Aug 1914 - 30 Aug 1916 Carl Rudolf Freiherr von Hirschberg (b. 1855 - d. 1927) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Festung und Provinz Namur)
1915 - 1917 Eugen Kranzbühler (b. 1870 - d. 1928)
(präsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Namur)
30 Aug 1916 - 15 Jan 1918 Wilhelm Köhl (b. 1859 - d. 1942) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Namur)
1917? - 1918? Freiherr von Hund und Alten-Grottkau
(präsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Namur)
15 Jan 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Hugo Ritter von Huller (b. 1859 - d. 1931) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Namur)
Nov 1918 - 14 Apr 1937 Paul, baron de Gaiffier d'Hestroy (b. 1865 - d. 1940)
(acting to 18 Feb 1919)
15 Apr 1937 - 1 Nov 1940 François Louis Charles Marie Bovesse (b. 1890 - d. 1944) PL
(in exile May 1940 - 1 Feb 1944)
May 1940 - Aug 1940 Henri Bribosia (acting) (b. 1865 - d. 1957) PCS-KVV
2 Jun 1940 - 4 Apr 1942 Otto Gullmann (b. 1887 - d. 1963) Mil
(German commander of 520 Oberfeldkommandantur)
17 Aug 1940 - 31 Mar 1942 Georges Devos (interim) (b. 1901 - d. 1958) Rex
1 Dec 1941 - 31 Mar 1942 Antoine Joseph Leroy (b. 1876 - d. 1960) Rex
(acting for Devos)
1 Apr 1942 - 1944 Emmanuel de Croÿ, prince de Croy (b. 1908 - d. 1997) Rex
(Croij) et de Solre
4 Apr 1942 - 2 Feb 1943 ....
(German commander of 520 Oberfeldkommandantur)
2 Feb 1943 - 20 May 1944 Otto Schmidt-Hartung (b. 1892 - d. 1976) Mil
(German commander of 520 Oberfeldkommandantur)
20 May 1944 - Sep 1944 Reinhold Gothsche (b. 1893 - d. 1945) Mil
(German commander of 520 Oberfeldkommandantur)
1944 - 194. Ernst Mallia (b. 1896 - d. 19..) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of provinces of Henegouwen and Namen)
1944 - 1945 Henri Lambert de Rouvroit (acting) (b. 1892 - d. 1985)
22 Dec 1945 - 17 Mar 1968 Robert Gruslin (b. 1901 - d. 1985) PL
9 Jul 1968 - 19 Jan 1977 René Close (b. 1918 - d. 1977) PS
31 Jul 1977 - 12 Jul 1980 Pierre Falize (b. 1927 - d. 1980) PS
9 Aug 1980 - 30 Sep 1987 Émile Lacroix (b. 1920 - d. 1993) PS
2 Oct 1987 - 31 Jul 1994 Émile Wauthy (b. 1927 - d. 1999) PSC
1 Aug 1994 - 8 Jan 2007 Amand Dalem (b. 1938 - d. 2018) PSC;2002 CDH
8 Jan 2007 - Denis Mathen (b. 1965) MR
Walloon Brabant
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![[Walloon Brabant
(Province, Belgium)]](be-wbr.gif "[Walloon Brabant
(Province, Belgium)]")
created by the partition of Brabant province.
Governors
1995 - 2000 Valmy A.E.M.Gh. Féaux (b. 1933) PS
2000 - 8 Jul 2006 Emmanuel Hendrickx (b. 1940 - d. 2024) PS
8 Jul 2006 - 8 Jan 2007 Étienne Hachez (acting) (b. 1953?) Non-party
8 Jan 2007 - Oct 2014 Marie-José Laloy (f) (b. 1950) PS
Oct 2014 - 30 Sep 2015 Christophe Baes (acting) (b. 1971) PS
1 Oct 2015 - Gilles Mahieu (b. 1964) PS
Former Province
Brabant
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![[Brabant unofficial
flag to 1995 (Former province, Belgium)]](be-brab.gif "[Brabant unofficial flag to 1995 (Former
province, Belgium)]")
1831 Brabant province (renamed).
20 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 German occupation (Provinz Brabant, from 1916 Gouvernement von
Brüssel und Brabant).
17 May 1940 - 3 Sep 1944 German occupation (from 2 Jun 1940, 672 Oberfeldkommandantur has
jurisdiction over the provinces of Brabant, Antwerp, Limburg and
the city of Brussels).
1 Jan 1995 Divided into Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant provinces
and the region of Brussels-Capital.
Governors
1815 - 1818 François Joseph Charles Marie, graaf (b. 1780 - d. 1869)
van Mercy d'Argenteau
1818 - 1823 Philippe Jean Michel, graaf (b. 1771 - d. 1846)
d'Arschot Schoonhoven
25 Mar 1823 - 9 May 1828 Léonard Pierre Joseph, burggraaf du (b. 1780 - d. 1849)
Bus de Gisignies
(absent from Aug 1825)
1825 - 1828 Philippe Joseph Marie Ghislain (b. 1777 - d. 1848)
Huysman d'Annecroix
(interim; acting for Bus de Gisignies)
3 Aug 1828 - 1830 Hyacinthe Charles Guillaume Ghislain,(b. 1770 - d. 1834)
burggraaf van der Fosse
1830 Pierre François Van Meenen (b. 1772 - d. 1858) Lib
(interim)
1 Dec 1830 - 1834 Feuillien Charles Marie Joseph, (b. 1800 - d. 1887) CP
baron de Coppin de Falaën
(interim to 9 Jul 1831)
1834 - 1838 Goswin Joseph Augustin, baron de (b. 1780 - d. 1854) Lib
Stassart
17 Jun 1839 - 1845 Guillaume Jean Antoine, baron de (b. 1791 - d. 1857) CP
Viron (interim to 16 Oct 1839)
1845 - 1852 Charles Augustin Liedts (1st time) (b. 1802 - d. 1878) PL
1852 - 1854 Pierre Annemans (1st time)(interim) (b. 1792 - d. 1865)
30 Mar 1854 - 1861 Charles Augustin Liedts (2nd time) (s.a.) PL
1861 - 1862 Pierre Annemans (2nd time)(interim) (s.a.)
1862 - 1883 François Toussaint Dubois-Thorn (b. 1805 - d. 1886) Non-party
1883 - 1884 Théodore Pierre Heyvaert (b. 1834 - d. 1907) PL
1885 - 1906 Auguste Frédéric Vergote (b. 1818 - d. 1906) PL
1906 - 1914 Henri Marie Émile de Béco (1st time) (b. 1843 - d. 1928) CP
23 Oct 1914 - 1915 Bolko Ludwig Erdmann Melchior Julius (b. 1853 - d. 1931) Mil
Nikolaus Graf von Roedern (Rödern)
(German militär-gouverneur von Brüssel und Brabant)
1 Nov 1914 - Mar 1917 Karl Gerstein (b. 1864 - d. 1924)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Brabant)
1915 - 1916 August Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (b. 1842 - d. 1915) Mil
von Schroeder (Schröder)
(German militär-gouverneur der Provinz Brabant)
17 Sep 1915 - 1916 Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig (b. 1863 - d. 1920) Mil
(German militär-gouverneur Belgien - Brüssel)
3 Aug 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 Friedrich Hermann Anton von Hurt (b. 1859 - d. 1941) Mil
(from 12 Aug 1918, Friedrich Hermann Anton Ritter von Hurt)
(German militär-gouverneur Brüssel und Brabant)
(acting to 1 Jan 1917)
Apr 1917 - 1918 Eugen Kranzbühler (b. 1870 - d. 1928)
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Brabant)
1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Oskar Freiherr von der Lancken- (b. 1867 – d. 1939)
Wakenitz
(päsident der zivilverwaltung der Provinz Brabant)
1918 - 1928 Henri Marie Émile de Béco (2nd time) (s.a.) CP
1928 - 1935 François-André Nens (b. 1873 - d. 1935) PSC
7 Feb 1935 - May 1940 Albert Léon Marie, baron Houtart (b. 1887 - d. 1951) CP
(1st time)
17 May 1940 - 16 Mar 1941 Friedrich Ritter von Bogendörfer (b. 1869 - d. 1945) Mil
(German commander of 672 Oberfeldkommandantur)
Aug 1940 - Jul 1942 Albert Léon Marie, baron Houtart (s.a.) CP
(2nd time)
16 Mar 1941 - 1 Nov 1943 Günther Edmund Werner Freiherr von (b. 1877 - d. 1965) Mil
Hammerstein-Equord
(German commander of 672 Oberfeldkommandantur)
Oct 1942 - 1 Mar 1943 Jean Mathieu François Adam Clément (b. 1904 - d. 1976) VNV
Joseph Croonenberghs (Cronenbergs)
(acting)
1 Mar 1943 - 30 Sep 1943 Frans Wildiers (acting) (b. 1905 - d. 1986) VNV
1 Nov 1943 - Sep 1944 Friedrich Karst (b. 1893 - d. 1975) Mil
(German commander of 672 Oberfeldkommandantur)
Sep 1943 - Sep 1944 Adrien Gillès, baron de Pélichy (b. 1909 - d. 1979) VNV
1 Jul 1944 - Sep 1944 Franz Vogelsang (did not take office)(b. 1899 - d. 1979) NSDAP
(provincial commissioner of Brussels and Brabant province)
Sep 1944 Albert Léon Marie, baron Houtart (s.a.) CP
(3rd time)(acting)
Sep 1944 - 1 Aug 1945 Jean Marie Guillaume Joseph Henrinckx(b. 1888 - d. 1961) Non-party
(interim)
1945 Jules Hansez (interim) (b. 1870 - d. 1949) PL
23 Dec 1945 - 1951 Ferdinand Charles Gustave Demets (b. 1882 - d. 1952) PL
1951 - 1976 Jean de Néeff (b. 1909 - d. 1999) PSC
1977 - 1989 Ivan Roggen (b. 1921 - d. 1997) PRL
1989 - 31 Dec 1994 André R.L. Degroeve (b. 1931 - d. 2014) PS
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