The president of the Chamber of Representatives (, ) is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Belgium. The current president of the Chamber of Representatives is Peter De Roover of the New Flemish Alliance.
The longest-serving president is Frans Van Cauwelaert.
No. Name Party Entered office Left office 1.Etienne Constantin de GerlacheCatholicSeptember 10, 1831July 18, 1832 2.Jean RaikemCatholicNovember 15, 1832May 24, 1839 3.Isidore FallonCatholicNovember 15, 1839September 10, 1842 4.Jean RaikemCatholicNovember 9, 1842April 6, 1843 5.Charles LiedtsLiberal PartyNovember 17, 1843May 20, 1848 6.Pierre-Théodore VerhaegenLiberal PartyJune 28, 1848April 3, 1852 7.Noël Joseph Auguste DelfosseLiberal PartyOctober 26, 1852April 24, 1855 8.Josse Joseph de LehayeLiberal PartyApril 25, 1855June 13, 1857 9.Pierre-Théodore VerhaegenLiberal PartyDecember 17, 1857May 30, 1859 10.Auguste Englebert Pierre OrtsLiberal PartyJuly 19, 1859July 18, 1860 11.Désiré Jean Léon VervoortLiberal PartyNovember 23, 1860May 27, 1863 12.Ernest Louis de Gonzague VandenpeereboomLiberal PartyDecember 15, 1863October 23, 1867 13.Hubert Joseph DolezLiberal PartyOctober 23, 1867May 20, 1870 14.Charles Vilain XIIIICatholic PartyAugust 11, 1870July 26, 1871 15.Xavier Victor ThibautCatholic PartyNovember 15, 1871May 29, 1878 16.Charles RogierLiberal PartyAugust 1, 1878August 26, 1878 17.Jules Louis GuilleryLiberal PartyNovember 13, 1878March 10, 1881 18.Joseph Jules DescampsLiberal PartyMarch 22, 1881May 17, 1884 19.Xavier Victor ThibautCatholic PartyJuly 23, 1884September 2, 1884 20.Théophile de LantsheereCatholic PartyNovember 12, 1884November 25, 1895 21.Auguste Marie François BeernaertCatholic PartyJanuary 30, 1895May 7, 1900 22.Louis Marie Joseph de SadeleerCatholic PartyJuly 18, 1900November 8, 1901 23.Frans SchollaertCatholic PartyNovember 12, 1901January 9, 1908 24.Gérard CooremanCatholic PartyJanuary 16, 1908August 8, 1912 25.Frans SchollaertCatholic PartyNovember 12, 1912June 29, 1917 26.Prosper PoulletCatholic PartyNovember 28, 1918October 13, 1919 27.Emile BrunetBWP-POBDecember 10, 1919August 6, 1928 28.Emile TibbautCatholic UnionAugust 16, 1928September 5, 1930 29.Jules PonceletCatholic UnionNovember 11, 1930April 13, 1936 30.Camille HuysmansBWP-POBJune 23, 1936March 6, 1939 31.Frans Van CauwelaertCVP–PSCApril 21, 1939March 12, 1954 32.Camille HuysmansBSP-PSBApril 27, 1954November 11, 1958 33.Paul KronackerLiberal PartyNovember 11, 1958April 17, 1961 34.Achille Van AckerBSP-PSBApril 27, 1961March 10, 1974 35.André DequaeCVPApril 30, 1974June 7, 1977 36.Edmond LeburtonPSJune 7, 1977April 3, 1979 37.Charles-Ferdinand NothombPSCApril 3, 1979May 20, 1980 38.Jean DefraignePRLMay 20, 1980October 24, 1980 39.Joseph MichelPSCOctober 24, 1980December 18, 1981 40.Jean DefraignePRLDecember 18, 1981January 19, 1988 41.Erik VankeirsbilckCVPJanuary 19, 1988May 10, 1988 42.Charles-Ferdinand NothombPSCMay 10, 1988April 12, 1995 43.Jos DupréCVPJune 8, 1995June 28, 1995 44.Raymond LangendriesPSCJune 28, 1995July 1, 1999 45.Herman De CrooVLD1 July 199912 July 2007 46.Herman Van RompuyCD&V12 July 200730 December 2008 47.Patrick DewaelOpen VLD30 December 200820 July 2010 48.André FlahautPS20 July 201030 June 2014 49.Patrick DewaelOpen VLD30 June 201414 October 2014 50.Siegfried BrackeN-VA14 October 201426 May 2019 51.Patrick DewaelOpen VLD27 June 20191 October 2020 52.Eliane TillieuxPS13 October 202010 July 2024 53.Peter De Roover N-VA10 July 2024
See also Belgian Chamber of Representatives List of presidents of the Belgian Senate Politics of Belgium
Sources
External links Official Website of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives