List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 1995–99

This is a list of members of the Flemish Parliament between 1995 and 1999, following the (first) direct elections of 1995.

Composition

Party Seats Antwerp Brussels East Flanders Flemish Brabant Limburg West Flanders
Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij, CVP) 37 9 2 8 5 5 8
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, VLD) 27 6 1 7 5 3 5
Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij, SP) 26 6 1 6 4 4 5
Flemish Bloc (Vlaams Blok, VB) 17 7 2 3 2 1 2
People's Union (Volksunie, VU) 9 2 0 2 2 1 2
Agalev (AGALEV) 7 3 0 2 1 1 0
Union of Francophones (Union des Francophones, UF) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
124 33 6 28 20 15 22

By party

CVP (37)

  1. Flemish Brabant Sonja Becq
  2. Georges Beerden
  3. Jan Béghin (25 September 1997) replaced Brigitte Grouwels (04-07-1995 – 22 September 1997)
  4. Leo Cannaerts
  5. Flemish Brabant Georges Cardoen
  6. Joachim Coens
  7. Carl Decaluwe (04-07-1995 –
  8. Leo Delcroix
  9. Jos De Meyer
  10. Paul Deprez
  11. Johan De Roo
  12. Mia De Schamphelaere
  13. Peter Desmet
  14. Michel Doomst (04-07-1995 –
  15. Paul Dumez (04-07-1995 –
  16. Veerle Heeren
  17. Kathleen Helsen replaced Herman Candries (31 January 1998)
  18. Hugo Marsoul
  19. Erik Matthijs
  20. Trees Merckx
  21. Marc Olivier
  22. Leonard Quintelier
  23. Freddy Sarens
  24. Eddy Schuermans (04-07-1995 –
  25. Herman Suykerbuyk
  26. John Taylor
  27. Maria Tyberghien-Vandenbussche
  28. Riet Van Cleuvenbergen
  29. Walter Vandenbossche
  30. Bart Vandendriessche
  31. Mark Van der Poorten
  32. Mieke Van Hecke
  33. Gilbert Vanleenhove
  34. Jef Van Looy
  35. Marc Van Peel
  36. Hugo Van Rompaey
  37. Johan Weyts

VLD (27)

Representative Province
Avontroodt, YolandeYolande Avontroodt  Antwerp
Beysen, WardWard Beysen  Antwerp
Bril, LouisLouis Bril  West Flanders
Browaeys, JosephJoseph Browaeys  East Flanders
Ceysens, PatriciaPatricia Ceysens  Flemish Brabant
Cordeel, MarcMarc Cordeel  East Flanders
De Groot, EtienneEtienne De Groot  Antwerp
De Gucht, KarelKarel De Gucht  East Flanders
De Maght-Aelbrecht, AnnieAnnie De Maght-Aelbrecht  East Flanders
Demeulenaere, JulienJulien Demeulenaere  West Flanders
Denys, AndréAndré Denys  East Flanders
Deswaene, RolandRoland Deswaene  East Flanders
Devolder, JacquesJacques Devolder  West Flanders
Feytons, FreddyFreddy Feytons  Limburg
Gabriels, JaakJaak Gabriels  Limburg
Goovaerts, LeoLeo Goovaerts  Brussels
Keulen, MarinoMarino Keulen  Limburg
Lachaert, PatrickPatrick Lachaert  East Flanders
Laverge, JacquesJacques Laverge  West Flanders
Platteau, StefaanStefaan Platteau  Flemish Brabant
Ramoudt, DidierDidier Ramoudt  West Flanders
Van Aperen, ArnoldArnold Van Aperen  Antwerp
Vanderpoorten, MarleenMarleen Vanderpoorten  Antwerp
Van Lindt, SonjaSonja Van Lindt  Flemish Brabant
Van Mechelen, DirkDirk Van Mechelen  Antwerp
Verlinden, MandusMandus Verlinden  Flemish Brabant
Vermeiren, FrancisFrancis Vermeiren  Flemish Brabant

SP (26)

Representative Province
Baldewijns, EddyEddy Baldewijns (resigned in 1995)  Limburg
Bossuyt, GilbertGilbert Bossuyt  West Flanders
De Batselier, NorbertNorbert De Batselier  East Flanders
De Loor, HermanHerman De Loor  East Flanders
Alajbegovic, JasminaJasmina Alajbegovic  Antwerp
Dielens, FredFred Dielens  Flemish Brabant
Gesquiere, MarcelMarcel Gesquiere (resigned in 1995)  West Flanders
Goos, JohnnyJohnny Goos  West Flanders
Hostekint, PatrickPatrick Hostekint  West Flanders
Kenzeler, AndréAndré Kenzeler  Limburg
Lindekens, KathyKathy Lindekens  Antwerp
Lisabeth, CarlosCarlos Lisabeth  East Flanders
Logist, MarcelMarcel Logist  Flemish Brabant
Maximus, LydiaLydia Maximus (resigned in 1999)  Antwerp
Sleeckx, JefJef Sleeckx  Antwerp
Stevaert, SteveSteve Stevaert (resigned in 1998)  Limburg
Swennen, GuyGuy Swennen  Limburg
Swinnen, RenéRené Swinnen  Flemish Brabant
Timmermans, JacquesJacques Timmermans  East Flanders
Tobback, BrunoBruno Tobback  Flemish Brabant
Van Asbroeck, AnneAnne Van Asbroeck (resigned in 1995, returned in 1999)  Brussels
Van den Bossche, LucLuc Van den Bossche (resigned in 1995)  East Flanders
Van Nieuwenborgh, GracienneGracienne Van Nieuwenborgh  East Flanders
Van Nieuwkerke, AndréAndré Van Nieuwkerke  West Flanders
Van Wallendael, TuurTuur Van Wallendael  Antwerp
Voorhamme, RobertRobert Voorhamme  Antwerp

VB (17)

Representative Province
Aers, WilfriedWilfried Aers  East Flanders
Caubergs, JanJan Caubergs  Limburg
Creyelman, FrankFrank Creyelman  Antwerp
De Reuse, HermanHerman De Reuse  West Flanders
Dewinter, FilipFilip Dewinter  Antwerp
Dillen, MarijkeMarijke Dillen  Antwerp
Huybrechts, PieterPieter Huybrechts  Antwerp
Lootens-Stael, DominiekDominiek Lootens-Stael  Brussels
Penris, JanJan Penris  Antwerp
Strackx, FelixFelix Strackx  Flemish Brabant
Van Hauthem, JorisJoris Van Hauthem  Flemish Brabant
Van Nieuwenhuysen, LukLuk Van Nieuwenhuysen  Antwerp
Van Overmeire, KarimKarim Van Overmeire  East Flanders
Van Walleghem, RoelandRoeland Van Walleghem  Brussels
Verougstraete, ChristianChristian Verougstraete  West Flanders
Verrijken, MielMiel Verrijken  Antwerp
Wymeersch, FransFrans Wymeersch  East Flanders

VU (9)

Representative Province
Bogaert, Jean-MarieJean-Marie Bogaert  West Flanders
Kuijpers, WillyWilly Kuijpers (resigned in 1997)  Flemish Brabant
Lauwers, HermanHerman Lauwers  Antwerp
Maes, NellyNelly Maes (resigned in 1998)  East Flanders
Sauwens, JohanJohan Sauwens  Limburg
Vandenbroeke, ChrisChris Vandenbroeke  West Flanders
Van Dijck, KrisKris Van Dijck  Antwerp
Van Grembergen, PaulPaul Van Grembergen  East Flanders
Van Vaerenbergh, EtienneEtienne Van Vaerenbergh  Flemish Brabant

AGALEV (7)

Representative Province
Dua, VeraVera Dua  East Flanders
Geysels, JosJos Geysels  Antwerp
Malcorps, JohanJohan Malcorps  Antwerp
Sannen, LudoLudo Sannen  Limburg
Stassen, JosJos Stassen  East Flanders
Van Den Heuvel, RiaRia Van Den Heuvel  Antwerp
Verwimp, CecileCecile Verwimp  Flemish Brabant

UF (1)

Representative Province
Van Eyken, ChristianChristian Van Eyken  Flemish Brabant

Changes during the legislature

Representatives who resigned

Name Party Date Replacement Reason
Chabert, JosJos Chabert CVP 4 June 1995 Brigitte Grouwels Became Brussels minister in Picqué II
Grijp, RufinRufin Grijp SP 4 June 1995 Michiel Vandenbussche Became Brussels minister in Picqué II
Baldewijns, EddyEddy Baldewijns SP 20 June 1995 Peter Vanvelthoven Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Demeester, WivinaWivina Demeester CVP 20 June 1995 Paul Dumez Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Kelchtermans, TheoTheo Kelchtermans CVP 20 June 1995 Eddy Schuermans Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Martens, LucLuc Martens CVP 20 June 1995 Carl Decaluwé Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Van Asbroeck, AnneAnne Van Asbroeck SP 20 June 1995 Michiel Vandenbussche Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Van den Bossche, LucLuc Van den Bossche SP 20 June 1995 Freddy De Vilder Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Van den Brande, LucLuc Van den Brande CVP 20 June 1995 Herman Candries Became Flemish minister-president in Van den Brande IV
Van Rompuy, EricEric Van Rompuy CVP 20 June 1995 Michel Doomst Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Gesquiere, MarcelMarcel Gesquiere SP 1 October 1995 Jacky Maes
Kuijpers, WillyWilly Kuijpers VU 1 March 1997 Gerda Raskin
Brigitte Grouwels CVP 22 September 1997 Jan Béghin Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Stevaert, SteveSteve Stevaert SP 28 September 1998 Peter Dufaux Became Flemish minister in Van den Brande IV
Maes, NellyNelly Maes VU 19 October 1998 Lieven Dehandschutter Became member of the European Parliament
Maximus, LydiaLydia Maximus SP 16 January 1999 Marc De Laet
Michiel Vandenbussche SP 2 March 1999 Anne Van Asbroeck

Representatives who changed parties

Name Date Old party New party
Caubergs, JanJan Caubergs 11 June 1996 VB Independent


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