Mathieu Michel (politician)
Mathieu Michel | |
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Mathieu Michel in 2022 | |
| Secretary of State for Digitisation, Administrative Simplification, Privacy Protection and Building Regulation | |
| In office 1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025 | |
| Monarch | Philippe |
| Prime Minister | Alexander De Croo |
| Preceded by | Philippe De Backer |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Van Peteghem (as Minister of Administrative Simplification) Vanessa Matz (as Minister of Digitisation and Building Regulation) |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Walloon Brabant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1979 |
| Party | MR |
| Relatives | Louis Michel Charles Michel |
| Alma mater | EFAP Lille |
Mathieu Michel (born 18 May 1979) is a French-speaking Belgian politician. He belongs to the Mouvement réformateur (MR).
He is the son of Louis Michel and the brother of Charles Michel.
He was elected provincial councillor for Walloon Brabant in 2000, and became a provincial deputy six years later. In 2012, at the head of a "purple coalition" with the Socialist Party (PS), he was elected president of the provincial college. He retains this position after the 2018 elections.
He entered the federal government in October 2020, as Secretary of State for Digitization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy Protection and Building Regulation. In this capacity, he is assistant to Flemish liberal Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.
Michel was elected to the Belgian Federal Parliament from Walloon Brabant in the 2024 Belgian federal election.