Liesbeth Homans

Liesbeth Homans (born 17 February 1973 in Antwerp) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA, 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]

Liesbeth Homans
Liesbeth Homans in 2013
Senator
In office 13 July 2010 – 2012
Member of the Flemish Parliament
In office 7 June 2009 – 2014
Viceminister-president of Flanders
In office 25 July 2014 – 2019
Minister-president of Flanders
In office 2 July 2019 – 1 October 2019
Monarch	Philippe
Preceded by	Geert Bourgeois
Succeeded by	Jan Jambon
Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 October 2019
Personal details
Born	17 February 1973 Antwerp, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Political party	N-VA
Residence	Wilrijk
Website	http://www.n-va.be/cv/liesbeth-homans

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

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

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 link

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