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Charles Michel (Belgian politician)

Charles Michel
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51st Prime Minister of Belgium
Assumed office
11 October 2014
Monarch Philippe
Preceded by Elio Di Rupo
Leader of the Reformist Movement
In office
14 February 2011 – 10 October 2014
Preceded by Didier Reynders
Succeeded by Olivier Chastel
Minister of Development Cooperation
In office
21 December 2007 – 14 February 2011
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
Yves Leterme
Herman Van Rompuy
Yves Leterme
Preceded by Armand De Decker
Succeeded by Olivier Chastel
Personal details
Born Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel
(1975-12-21) 21 December 1975 (age 41)
Namur, Belgium
Political party Reformist Movement
Domestic partner Amélie Derbaudrenghien
Children 2
Alma mater Free University of Brussels (French)
University of Amsterdam

Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel (French: [ʃaʁl mi.ʃɛl]; born 21 December 1975) is a Belgian politician, and is the current Prime Minister of Belgium. He is the son of Louis Michel, also a prominent politician. Charles Michel was the leader of the francophone liberal party Mouvement Réformateur (MR) since February 2011 until becoming Prime Minister. Michel is the youngest Belgian Prime Minister since 1845.

Michel was born in Namur, Wallonia. Michel started his political career aged 16 when he joined the Young Liberals of Jodoigne (Jeunes Réformateurs Libéraux de Jodoigne); his father Louis Michel was mayor of Jodoigne since 1983. In 1994, at the age of 18, Charles Michel was elected provincial councillor in Walloon Brabant.

He graduated in law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Amsterdam in 1998, after which he became lawyer at the Brussels Bar.

He is fluent in Dutch in addition to his native French.

Michel has been elected to the federal Chamber of Representatives since 1999, representing Walloon Brabant, a stronghold of the liberal MR.

In 2000, he became Minister of Home Affairs in the Walloon Government. Aged 25, he became the youngest minister in Belgium's history.

At the local level, he was elected city councillor in Wavre in 2000. In 2006, he became mayor of the city.


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