page_title: Flemish Government
section_title: Van den Brande IV (1995-1999)
hierarchical_section_title: Flemish Government / Cabinet composition / Van den Brande IV (1995-1999)
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: zetelverdeling van de parlementsmeerderheid "Van den Brande IV"
context_page_description: The Flemish Government is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region of Belgium. It consists of a government cabinet, headed by the Minister-President and accountable to the Flemish Parliament, and the public administration divided into 13 policy areas, each with an executive department and multiple agencies.
  The Flemish Government cabinet consists of up to a maximum of eleven ministers, chosen by the Flemish Parliament. At least one minister must come from Brussels. The ministers are drawn from the political parties which, in practice, form the governing coalition. The Government is chaired by the Flemish Minister-President. Ministers head executive departments of the government administration. Ministers must defend their policies and performance in person before the Flemish Parliament. The Flemish Government must receive and keep the confidence of the Flemish Parliament.
  Until 1993 the Flemish Government was called the Flemish Executive.
context_section_description: After the regional elections of 1995 (which were the first direct elections for the Flemish Parliament), a coalition of CVP and SP was formed.
caption: Government coalition 1995-1999