Until 2014, the governor of the Administrative Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital[1][2] (French: Gouverneur de Bruxelles-Capitale; Dutch: Gouverneur van Brussel-Hoofdstad) had the responsibility to enforce laws concerned with public order in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. The governor's powers were actually quite limited. Just as the governors of the provinces of Belgium, he headed the coordination of all necessary actions and emergency services during the provincial phase of a disaster on the territory of the Brussels-Capital Region.
The governor of Brussels-Capital should not be confused with either the Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region nor with the mayor of the City of Brussels, which is one of the 19 municipalities of Brussels. The governor was appointed by the government of the Brussels-Capital Region on the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers. The regional government also appointed the vice-governor, who was required to have a considerable knowledge of both French and Dutch and who had a duty to ensure that the legislation regarding the use of languages was observed in the Brussels Region.[3]
The agreement following the 2011 state reform included the removal of this post and it was abolished in 2014.[4] Instead, there is a high official appointed by the Brussels Government.
List of governors
edit- André Degroeve, 1 January 1995 – 30 April 1998
- Raymonde Dury, May 1998 – 13 November 1998
- Véronique Paulus de Châtelet, 22 December 1998 – 1 January 2009
- Hugo Nys (acting), 1 January 2009 – October 2010
- Jean Clément (acting), October 2010 – 2014
References
edit- ^ "The Belgian Constitution (English version)" (PDF). Belgian House of Representatives. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
Article 3: Belgium comprises three Regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels Region. Article 4: Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the French speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the German-speaking region.
- ^ "Brussels-Capital Region: Creation". Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center). 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
Since 18 June 1989, the date of the first regional elections, the Brussels-Capital Region has been an autonomous region comparable to the Flemish and Walloon Regions.
(All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) - ^ "Factsheet on the Provinces" (PDF). The Belgian Chamber of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
- ^ "Introduction" (in Dutch). veiligheid-securite.brussels. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
External links
edit- Brussels-Capital Region. Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center)
- Official site Archived 26 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, available in French and Dutch