Maxime Prévot
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Maxime Prévot | |
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 Prévot in 2025 | |
| 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 |
| 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.
Prévot was born in Mons in 1978 to a middle-class family, and spent part of his upbringing in Luxembourg.[1][2] Prévot studied political science at the University of Namur and later 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 top 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 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.
Other activities
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2025)[8]
