Charles Michel
Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel (born December 21, 1975) is a Belgian lawyer and politician of the Mouvement réformateur. He was the President of the European Council from 2019 to 2024. From October 11, 2014 through October 27, 2019, he was the Prime Minister of Belgium.
Charles Michel | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2019 | |
| President of the European Council | |
| In office 1 December 2019 – 30 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Tusk |
| Succeeded by | António Costa |
| Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| In office 11 October 2014 – 27 October 2019 | |
| Monarch | Philippe |
| Deputy | Jan Jambon Kris Peeters Koen Geens Didier Reynders Alexander De Croo |
| Preceded by | Elio Di Rupo |
| Succeeded by | Sophie Wilmès |
| President of the Reformist Movement | |
| In office 18 February 2019 – 29 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier Chastel |
| Succeeded by | Georges-Louis Bouchez |
| 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 |
| Preceded by | Armand De Decker |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Chastel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel 21 December 1975 Namur, Belgium |
| Political party | Reformist Movement |
| Other political affiliations | ALDE Party |
| Spouse(s) | Amélie Derbaudrenghien |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Louis Michel |
| Alma mater | Université libre de Bruxelles University of Amsterdamˈ |
Former European Commissioner Louis Michel is his father.
Michel studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Amsterdam. He successively worked as a lawyer in Brussels.
He held several political posts like government minister of Development Cooperation and an alderman and mayor of Wavre.
When he became the Prime Minister of Belgium in 2014, Michel was the youngest Belgian Prime Minister in 173 years since Jean-Baptiste Nothomb in 1841, and was only the second Francophone liberal to become Prime Minister.[1][2]
On 2 July 2019, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk announced a deal reached by EU Leaders which would make Michel his replacement and took office on 1 December 2019.[3]
In January 2024, he announced he would resign as president of the European Council to run in the 2024 election, before reversing his decision within the same month, saying he would finish his current term.[4][5]
References
change- ↑ "Dit waren de jongste en de oudste eerste ministers van ons land" [These were the youngest and oldest prime ministers of our country]. Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). 8 October 2014.
- ↑ "BIOGRAFIE. Charles Michel wordt jongste premier uit Belgische geschiedenis" [BIOGRAPHY. Charles Michel becomes the youngest Prime Minister in Belgian history]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 7 October 2014.
- ↑ Europese knoop ontward: Charles Michel wordt voorzitter van de Europese Raad
- ↑ "EU's Charles Michel to quit Council presidency, run as MEP – DW – 01/07/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ↑ "Charles Michel pulls out of EU election race – Politico – 01/26/2024". politico.eu. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-26.