Paul Magnette

Paul Magnette (born 28 June 1971 in Leuven) is a Belgian politician for the Socialist Party, the current mayor of Charleroi and former political science professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He was the 13th Minister-President of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017.

Paul Magnette
Leader of the Socialist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2019
Preceded by	Elio Di Rupo
In office 17 January 2013 – 22 November 2014
Preceded by	Thierry Giet
Succeeded by	Elio Di Rupo
Mayor of Charleroi
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2012
Preceded by	Éric Massin
Minister-President of Wallonia
In office 22 July 2014 – 28 July 2017
Preceded by	Rudy Demotte
Succeeded by	Willy Borsus
Personal details
Born	28 June 1971 Leuven, Belgium
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Université libre de Bruxelles
Profession	Professor

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 Éric Remacle, he was awarded the Exceptional Francqui Prize for European Research.[1][2]

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[3] 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.

Orders

•  Japan : Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class. Imperial Decree of 2016.[4]
•  Denmark : Knight Grand cross in the Order of the Dannebrog in 2017.[5][6]
•  Belgium : Grand officer of the Order of Leopold, Royal decree of 2019; he was commander since 2010.

See also

• List of foreign ministers in 2017
• List of current foreign ministers

References

1. "Fondation Francqui - Les Colloques Internationaux". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. "Fondation Francqui - Les Colloques Internationaux".
3. "20 March 2008 – Royal Orders. Government – Dismissals – Appointments" (PDF) (in Dutch and French). The Belgian Official Journal. 21 March 2008. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
4. "Belga Image - Editorial". Belgaimage.
5. "Belga Image". www.belgaimage.be.
6. "#BELDK2017". Flickr.

External links

• Media related to Paul Magnette at Wikimedia Commons
• (in French) Paul Magnette at Université libre de Bruxelles
• (in German) Spiegel.de