Preceded by Rudy Demotte Party Parti Socialiste Role Belgian Politician | Name Paul Magnette Political party Socialist Party | |
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Born 28 June 1971 (age 52)
Leuven, Belgium ( 1971-06-28 ) Alma mater Free University of Brussels,
French Education Universite libre de Bruxelles Books Citizenship, What is the European Union, Is the Commission the Small Member States' Best Friend ? Similar People Elio Di Rupo, Rudy Demotte, Laurette Onkelinx, Jean‑Claude Marcourt, Paul Furlan Profiles | ||
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Paul Magnette (born 28 June 1971 in Leuven) is a Belgian politician for the PS, the current mayor of Charleroi and former political science professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He was Minister-President of the French-speaking region of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017.
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Biography
He studied political sciences at the ULB, and obtained a PhD in 1999 with a dissertation Citoyenneté et construction européenne. His research interest is on institutional policies, the European Union, and theories of democracy. In 2000, together with Eric Remacle, he was awarded the Exceptional Francqui Prize for European Research.
On 20 July 2007, Magnette became minister for Health, Social Action and Equal Opportunity of the Walloon government. On 21 December 2007 Magnette became minister for Climate and Energy in the Verhofstadt III federal government. He held the post in the Leterme I Government and held the same post of minister for Climate and Energy in the Van Rompuy I Government, which took office on 30 December 2008, and in the Leterme II Government (25 November 2009 to on 5 December 2011). In the Di Rupo Government, which took office on 6 December 2011, Magnette was Minister for Public Enterprises, Scientific Policy and Development Cooperation until 17 January 2013, when he formally resigned to become mayor of Charleroi and Chairman of the PS.