Maxime Prévot
Maxime Prévot | |
|---|---|
 Prévot in 2019 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Bart De Wever |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Bart De Wever |
| Preceded by | Bernard Quintin (as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs) Frank Vandenbroucke (as Minister of Development Cooperation) |
| Mayor of Namur | |
| In office 5 March 2012 – 3 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Etienne |
| Succeeded by | Charlotte Bazelaire |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office 20 June 2019 – 3 February 2025 | |
| Constituency | Namur Province |
| Member of the Parliament of Wallonia | |
| In office 28 July 2017 – 3 May 2019 | |
| In office 7 June 2009 – 22 July 2014 | |
| President of Les Engagés | |
| In office 26 January 2019 – 3 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Benoit Lutgen |
| Succeeded by | Yvan Verougstraete (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maxime Patrick Robert Albert Prévot 9 April 1978 Mons, Belgium |
| Political party | Les Engagés (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | CDH (1998–2022) |
| Alma mater | UCLouvain University of Namur |
Maxime Patrick Robert Albert Prévot (French pronunciation: [maksim pʁevo]; born 9 April 1978) is a Belgian politician of the Les Engagés party who has been serving as a Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation in the De Wever Government since february 2025. He previously served as the mayor of Namur from 2012 to 2025.
Biography
[edit]Prévot was born in Mons in 1978 to a middle-class family. He spent part of his upbringing in Luxembourg.[1][2] Prévot studied political science at the University of Namur and then completed a law conversion course at UCLouvain before working for PricewaterhouseCoopers.[3][4]
Prévot first became involved in politics when he joined the youth chapter of the cdH in Namur. During the 2006 municipal elections in Belgium, he was elected as a councilor on the Provincial Council of Namur. In 2012, he succeeded Jacques Étienne as Mayor of Namur. In the 2014 Belgian regional elections, he was elected to the Parliament of Wallonia as the number one candidate for the Namur constituency list.[5][6]
In January 2019, former cdH president Benoît Lutgen announced his intention to step down as leader. Prévot entered his name in the leadership race and was subsequently elected as the party's new president with 85% of the vote.[7]
He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in the 2024 Belgian federal election.
Political positions
[edit]Prévot has been described as coming from the more centre-right camp of the cdH with some of his ideas being close to those of the Mouvement Réformateur.[8] However, he has also described himself as holding progressive opinions on some issues.[9]
Following poor results for the cdH during the 2019 elections, Prévot announced a plan to rejuvenate and reorganize the party, including updating its policies and changing its identity and branding.[10] In 2022, the party announced it would change its name from the cdH to Les Engagés.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Burgraff, Éric (29 October 2012). "Entretien avec Maxime Prévot". Le Soir: 26. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Josy Arens (Attert) disagrees with Maxime Prévot's line". 25 June 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Maxime Prevot". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Maxime Prévot". 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Maxime Prévot elected president of cdH". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Maxime Prévot". 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Maxime Prévot elected president of cdH". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Maxime Prévot, le plus libéral des CDH ?". 12 March 2015.
- ^ "Franstalige partij CDH wordt Les Engagés". De Standaard (in Dutch). 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Partij cdH wordt Les Engagés". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Franstalige partij CDH wordt Les Engagés". De Standaard (in Dutch). 12 March 2022.
External links
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Media related to Maxime Prévot at Wikimedia Commons
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| National | |
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Humanist Democratic Centre politicians
- Les Engagés politicians
- Mayors of places in Belgium
- Members of the 52nd Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
- Members of the 55th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
- Members of the 56th Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
- Members of the Parliament of Wallonia
- People from Mons, Belgium
- PwC people
- Université de Namur alumni