Charles Michel
Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council
Charles Y.J.Gh. Michel (born December 21, 1975 in Namur) is a Belgian lawyer and politician of the Mouvement réformateur. From October 11, 2014 through October 27, 2019, he was the Prime Minister of Belgium.
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Former European Commissioner Louis Michel is his father.
Michel Jr. 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 (last one still incumbent).
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.[1]