# List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 2009–2014

This is a list of members of the Flemish Parliament in its 12th legislative term, arranged alphabetically. The legislative term started in 2009 (after the Belgian regional elections of 2009) and lasted until 2014. However, it is only the fourth legislature since the members of the Flemish Parliament were first elected.

## Results

Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Flanders | Brussels | Total | +/- |
| | Christian Democratic and Flemish | 939,873 | 22.86 | 31 | 1 | 31 | -4 |
| | Flemish Interest | 628,564 | 15.28 | 20 | 1 | 21 | -11 |
| | Socialist Party Differently | 627,852 | 15.27 | 18 | 1 | 19 | -6 |
| | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 616,610 | 14.99 | 19 | 2 | 21 | -4 |
| | New Flemish Alliance | 537,040 | 13.06 | 16 | – | 16 | +16 |
| | List Dedecker | 313,176 | 7.62 | 8 | – | 8 | +8 |
| | Groen! | 278,211 | 6.77 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +1 |
| | Union of Francophones | 47,319 | 1.15 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Social Liberal Party | 44,734 | 1.09 | – | – | – | – |
| | Workers' Party of Belgium+ | 42,849 | 1.04 | – | – | – | – |
| | Left Socialist Party | 10,038 | 0.24 | – | – | – | – |
| | Belgische Alliantie | 9,318 | 0.23 | – | – | – | – |
| | Vrijheid | 6,228 | 0.15 | – | – | – | – |
| | RESPECT | 5,692 | 0.14 | – | – | – | – |
| | Committee for Another Policy | 2,211 | 0.05 | – | – | – | – |
| | Vrije Christen Democraten | 1,898 | 0.05 | – | – | – | – |
| | Belgische Unie – Union Belge | 712 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 4,112,325 | 100.00 | 119 | 6 | 124 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,112,325 | 94.50 | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 239,482 | 5.50 | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,351,807 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,676,488 | 93.06 | | | | |
| Source: Belgian Elections ||||||||

## Leadership
### Bureau

This is a list of the current members of the Bureau of the Flemish Parliament.

#### Speakers

| Office | Senator | Party |
| Speaker | Jan Peumans | N-VA |
| 1st Deputy Speaker | Veerle Heeren | CD&V |
| 2nd Deputy Speaker | Marijke Dillen | Vlaams Belang |
| 3rd Deputy Speaker | Dirk Van Mechelen | Open VLD |
| 4th Deputy Speaker | Mia De Vits | SP.A |
| 5th Deputy Speaker | Jos De Meyer | CD&V |
| 6th Deputy Speaker | Filip Dewinter | Vlaams Belang |

#### Secretaries

| Senator | Party |
| Eric Van Rompuy | CD&V |
| Marino Keulen | Open VLD |
| Bart Martens | SP.A |

### Floor leaders

This is a list of the current floor leaders of the recognised fractions. They form the Extended Bureau together with the members of the Bureau.
| Floor leader | Party |
| Koen Van den Heuvel | CD&V |
| Joris Van Hauthem | Vlaams Belang |
| Sas van Rouveroij | Open VLD |
| Matthias Diependaele (2009-2012: Kris Van Dijck) | N-VA |
| Bart Van Malderen | SP.A |
| Lode Vereeck | Lijst Dedecker |
| Elisabeth Meuleman | Groen |

## List of current representatives

| Name | Fraction | Constituency |
| Filip Anthuenis (resigned) | Open VLD | East Flanders |
| Erik Arckens‡ | Independent | Brussels-Capital Region |
| Robrecht Bothuyne | CD&V | East Flanders |
| Boudewijn Bouckaert | Lijst Dedecker | East Flanders |
| Karin Brouwers | CD&V | Flemish Brabant |
| Ann Brusseel | Open VLD | Brussels-Capital Region |
| Agnes Bruyninckx-Vandenhoudt | Vlaams Belang | West Flanders |
| Karlos Callens | Open VLD | West Flanders |
| Ludwig Caluwé (resigned) | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Bart Caron | Groen | West Flanders |
| Vera Celis | N-VA | Antwerp |
| Patricia Ceysens | Open VLD | Flemish Brabant |
| Lode Ceyssens | CD&V | Limburg |
| Sonja Claes | CD&V | Limburg |
| Griet Coppé | CD&V | West Flanders |
| Frank Creyelman | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp |
| John Crombez (resigned) | SP.A | West Flanders |
| Steve D'Hulster | SP.A | Antwerp |
| Carl Decaluwe (resigned) | CD&V | West Flanders |
| Johan Deckmyn | Vlaams Belang | East Flanders |
| Kathleen Deckx | SP.A | Antwerp |
| Philippe De Coene | SP.A | West Flanders |
| Jean-Jacques De Gucht | Open VLD | East Flanders |
| Tom Dehaene (resigned) | CD&V | Flemish Brabant |
| Lieven Dehandschutter (resigned) | N-VA | East Flanders |
| Irina De Knop | Open VLD | Flemish Brabant |
| Dirk de Kort | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Kurt De Loor | SP.A | East Flanders |
| Paul Delva | CD&V | Brussels-Capital Region |
| Mark Demesmaeker (resigned) | N-VA | Flemish Brabant |
| Marnic De Meulemeester | Open VLD | East Flanders |
| Jos De Meyer | CD&V | East Flanders |
| Annick De Ridder | Open VLD | Antwerp |
| Mia De Vits | SP.A | Flemish Brabant |
| Gwenny De Vroe | Open VLD | Flemish Brabant |
| Else De Wachter | SP.A | Flemish Brabant |
| Patricia De Waele | Lijst Dedecker | East Flanders |
| Bart De Wever | N-VA | Antwerp |
| Filip Dewinter | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp |
| Matthias Diependaele | N-VA | East Flanders |
| Marijke Dillen | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp |
| Jan Durnez | CD&V | West Flanders |
| Tine Eerlingen | N-VA | Flemish Brabant |
| Martine Fournier | CD&V | West Flanders |
| Cindy Franssen | CD&V | East Flanders |
| Sven Gatz (resigned) | Open VLD | Brussels-Capital Region |
| Danielle Godderis-T'Jonck | N-VA | West Flanders |
| Peter Gysbrechts | Open VLD | Antwerp |
| Veerle Heeren | CD&V | Limburg |
| Kathleen Helsen | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Marc Hendrickx | N-VA | Antwerp |
| Liesbeth Homans | N-VA | Antwerp |
| Michèle Hostekint | SP.A | West Flanders |
| Pieter Huybrechts | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp |
| Yamila Idrissi | SP.A | Brussels-Capital Region |
| Lies Jans | N-VA | Limburg |
| Vera Jans | CD&V | Limburg |
| Chris Janssens | Vlaams Belang | Limburg |
| Patrick Janssens | SP.A | Antwerp |
| Ward Kennes | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Marino Keulen | Open VLD | Limburg |
| Jan Laurys | CD&V | Flemish Brabant |
| Marcel Logist | SP.A | Flemish Brabant |
| Chokri Mahassine | SP.A | Limburg |
| Bart Martens | SP.A | Antwerp |
| Katleen Martens | Vlaams Belang | Limburg |
| Elisabeth Meuleman | Groen | East Flanders |
| An Michiels (resigned) | Vlaams Belang | Flemish Brabant |
| Fientje Moerman | Open VLD | East Flanders |
| Dirk Peeters | Groen | Antwerp |
| Lydia Peeters | Open VLD | Limburg |
| Fatma Pehlivan | SP.A | East Flanders |
| Jan Penris | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp |
| Jan Peumans | N-VA | Limburg |
| Sabine Poleyn | CD&V | West Flanders |
| Peter Reekmans | Lijst Dedecker | Flemish Brabant |
| Els Robeyns | SP.A | Limburg |
| Jan Roegiers | SP.A | East Flanders |
| Tinne Rombouts | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Ivan Sabbe | Lijst Dedecker | West Flanders |
| Hermes Sanctorum | Groen | Flemish Brabant |
| Ludo Sannen (resigned) | SP.A | Limburg |
| Johan Sauwens | CD&V | Limburg |
| Katrien Schryvers | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Herman Schueremans (resigned) | Open VLD | Flemish Brabant |
| Willy Segers | N-VA | Flemish Brabant |
| Stefaan Sintobin | Vlaams Belang | West Flanders |
| Griet Smaers | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Helga Stevens | N-VA | East Flanders |
| Felix Strackx | Vlaams Belang | Flemish Brabant |
| Erik Tack | Vlaams Belang | East Flanders |
| Valerie Taeldeman | CD&V | East Flanders |
| Bart Tommelein | Open VLD | West Flanders |
| Güler Turan | SP.A | Antwerp |
| Wilfried Vandaele | N-VA | West Flanders |
| Marc Vanden Bussche | Open VLD | West Flanders |
| Marleen Van den Eynde | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp |
| Koen Van den Heuvel | CD&V | Antwerp |
| Vera Van der Borght | Open VLD | East Flanders |
| Marleen Vanderpoorten | Open VLD | Antwerp |
| Luckas Van Der Taelen | Groen | Brussels-Capital Region |
| Marc Van de Vijver | CD&V | East Flanders |
| Kris Van Dijck | N-VA | Antwerp |
| Christian Van Eyken | UF | Flemish Brabant |
| Joris Van Hauthem | Vlaams Belang | Flemish Brabant |
| Bart Van Malderen | SP.A | East Flanders |
| Dirk Van Mechelen | Open VLD | Antwerp |
| Karim Van Overmeire† | N-VA | East Flanders |
| Eric Van Rompuy | CD&V | Flemish Brabant |
| Sas van Rouveroij | Open VLD | East Flanders |
| Gerda Van Steenberge‡ | Independent | East Flanders |
| Mercedes Van Volcem | Open VLD | West Flanders |
| Lode Vereeck | Lijst Dedecker | Limburg |
| Jan Verfaillie | CD&V | West Flanders |
| Goedele Vermeiren | N-VA | Antwerp |
| Christian Verougstraete | Vlaams Belang | West Flanders |
| Johan Verstreken | CD&V | West Flanders |
| Jurgen Verstrepen | Lijst Dedecker | Antwerp |
| Linda Vissers | Vlaams Belang | Limburg |
| Mieke Vogels | Groen | Antwerp |
| Filip Watteeuw (resigned) | Groen | East Flanders |
| Ulla Werbrouck | Lijst Dedecker | West Flanders |
| Wim Wienen | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp |
| Veli Yüksel | CD&V | East Flanders |
† Elected as member of Vlaams Belang; joined the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) on 31 August 2011. ‡ Elected as members of Vlaams Belang; became independent representatives on 20 July 2011 (Ackers) and 12 July 2012 (Van Steenberge).

## Changes during the legislature
### Representatives who chose not to sit

| Name | Fraction | Constituency | Date of resignation | Replacement | Notes |
| Gerolf Annemans | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Jan Penris | Stays federal representative |
| Jean-Marie Dedecker | Lijst Dedecker | West Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Ivan Sabbe | Stays federal representative |
| Johan Demol | Vlaams Belang | Brussels-Capital Region | 30 June 2009 | Erik Arckens | Stays Brussels representative |
| Guy D'Haeseleer | Vlaams Belang | East Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Erik Tack | Stays federal representative |
| Annick Ponthier | Vlaams Belang | Limburg | 30 June 2009 | Katleen Martens | Stays federal representative |
| Bart Somers | Open VLD | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Annick De Ridder | Stays federal representative |
| Dirk Sterckx | Open VLD | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Peter Gysbrechts | Becomes member of the European Parliament |
| Daniël Termont | SP.A | East Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Bart Van Malderen | Stays mayor of Ghent |
| Erika Thijs | CD&V | Limburg | 30 June 2009 | Lode Ceyssens | Stays federal senator |
| Bruno Valkeniers | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Marleen Van den Eynde | Stays federal representative |
| Kathleen Van Brempt | SP.A | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Bart Martens | Becomes member of the European Parliament |
| Anke Van dermeersch | Vlaams Belang | East Flanders | 30 June 2009 | Wim Wienen | Stays federal senator |
| Frank Van Hecke | Vlaams Belang | Antwerp | 30 June 2009 | Stefaan Sintobin | Becomes member of the European Parliament |
| Brigitte Grouwels | CD&V | Brussels-Capital Region | 13 July 2009 | Paul Delva | Stays Brussels representative |
| Yves Leterme | CD&V | West Flanders | 13 July 2009 | Jan Durnez | Stays federal senator |

### Representatives who resigned

| Name | Fraction | Constituency | Date of resignation | Replacement | Notes |
| Geert Bourgeois | N-VA | West Flanders | 13 July 2009 | Wilfried Vandaele | Became minister in Peeters II |
| Hilde Crevits | CD&V | West Flanders | 13 July 2009 | Sabine Poleyn | Became minister in Peeters II |
| Kris Peeters | CD&V | Antwerp | 13 July 2009 | Koen Van den Heuvel | Became minister-president in Peeters II |
| Joke Schauvliege | CD&V | East Flanders | 13 July 2009 | Valerie Taeldeman | Became minister in Peeters II |
| Freya Van den Bossche | SP.A | East Flanders | 13 July 2009 | Jan Roegiers | Became minister in Peeters II |
| Jo Vandeurzen | CD&V | Limburg | 13 July 2009 | Vera Jans | Became minister in Peeters II |
| Sophie De Wit | N-VA | Antwerp | 6 July 2010 | Goedele Vermeiren | Became federal representative |
| Caroline Gennez | SP.A | Antwerp | 6 July 2010 | Steve D'Hulster | Became federal representative |
| Frank Vandenbroucke | SP.A | Flemish Brabant | 6 July 2010 | Else De Wachter | Became federal representative |
| Peter Vanvelthoven | SP.A | Limburg | 6 July 2010 | Ludo Sannen | Became federal representative |
| An Michiels | VB | Flemish Brabant | 10 October 2010 | Wim Van Dijck | Ended her political career for personal reasons |
| Sven Gatz | Open VLD | Brussels-Capital Region | 30 June 2011 | Khadija Zamouri | Ended his political career for professional reasons |
| John Crombez | SP.A | West Flanders | 6 December 2011 | Jurgen Vanlerberghe | Became secretary of state in Di Rupo I |
| Carl Caluwe | CD&V | West Flanders | 31 January 2012 | Els Kindt | Became governor of West Flanders |
| Ludwig Caluwé | CD&V | Antwerp | 1 December 2012 | Caroline Bastiaens | Became provincial deputy in 2013 |
| Tom Dehaene | CD&V | Flemish Brabant | 13 December 2012 | Peter Van Rompuy | Became provincial deputy in 2013 |
| Lieven Dehandschutter | N-VA | East Flanders | 31 December 2012 | Marius Meremans | Became mayor of Sint-Niklaas |
| Herman Schueremans | Open VLD | Flemish Brabant | 1 January 2013 | Jo De Ro | Ended his political career for professional reasons |
| Filip Watteeuw | Groen | East Flanders | 4 January 2013 | Björn Rzoska | Became alderman in Ghent |
| Mark Demesmaeker | N-VA | Flemish Brabant | 31 January 2013 | Piet De Bruyn | Became member of the European Parliament |
| Ludo Sannen | SP.A | Limburg | 16 September 2013 | Joke Quintens | Ended his political career |
| Filip Anthuenis | Open VLD | East Flanders | 23 September 2013 | Egbert Lachaert | |

## Sources

* "Vlaamse Volksvertegenwoordigers" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
* "Bureau" (in Dutch). The Flemish Parliament. Archived from the original on 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-18.