Speaker

Charles Michel was born in Namur, on 21 December 1975

Education           

1998 Graduated in law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the University of Amsterdam

Political career 

1994 – 1999 - Provincial councilor in Walloon Brabant

1999 - Member of the federal Chamber of Representatives

1999 – 2004 - Minister for Interior Affairs and Civil Service in the Walloon Government

2000 – 2006 - City councilor in Wavre

2004 – 2011 - Spokesperson of the Mouvement Réformateur

2004 - Member of the federal Chamber of Representatives

2006 – 2014 - Mayor of Wavre

2007 - Member of the federal Chamber of Representatives

2007 – 2010 - Federal Minister for Development Cooperation

2010 - Member of the federal Chamber of Representatives

2011 – 2014 - President of the Mouvement Réformateur

2014 - Member of the federal Chamber of Representatives

2014 – 2019 - Prime Minister of Belgium

2019 - President of European Council

Honours             

2014 - Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold

2019 - Minister of State