The Homans Government (''Regering-Homans'') was the interim

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formed and sworn in on 2 July 2019, following the departure of Flemish Minister-President

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who took up his seat in the

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following the 2019 European Parliament election in Belgium. It was replaced by the

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on 2 October 2019. With Bourgeois leaving and no new coalition agreement yet having been found following the

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, the interim Homans government was formed as a continuation of the

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, consisting of the same centre-right coalition of the nationalist

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(N-VA), the

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party (CD&V) and the

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(Open Vld), but now led by Liesbeth Homans, who became the first female minister-president of Flanders. The cabinet had a small majority in the

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as they dropped from 89 to 70 seats since the previous election, needing 63 for a majority. The main opposition parties were far-right

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(VB), the

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party and the

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(sp.a). On 30 September 2019, the three parties announced that they had come to a new coalition agreement to form a new government which would start governing from 2 October 2019, thereby replacing the interim Homans Government.

Composition

The Homans Government consisted of eight ministers, which was one less than the previous government as the

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has shifted the various functions over one less minister. Homans took over the role of minister-president from

and

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became the new vice minister-president, taking over Bourgeois' ministerial duties of Foreign Policy and Immovable Heritage on top of his duties as Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, the Brussels Periphery, Tourism and Animal Welfare. The coalition was a continuation of the

, consisting of the (35 seats), (19 seats) and (16 seats).

Changes

* On 18 July 2019 the new

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was sworn in, including Sven Gatz. As a result, Gatz' duties in the Flemish government were reduced and shifted to

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. Peeters became vice-minister president for Open Vld and took over the functions of Flemish Minister for Media, Culture and Youth, leaving Gatz only with the Brussels portfolio. {{Flanders topics Politics of Flanders