Charles Michel — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as President of the European Council from 2019 to 2024.
Served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 2014 to 2019, becoming the youngest since 1841.
Became Minister of Development Cooperation in 2007 at age 31.
Elected leader of the Francophone liberal Reformist Movement (MR) in February 2011.
Served as Minister of Home Affairs in the Walloon Government at age 25, making him the youngest regional minister in Belgian history.
Graduated in law from Université libre de Bruxelles and the University of Amsterdam in 1998.

Biography

Charles Michel is a Belgian politician who served as the president of the European Council from 2019 to 2024. Prior to this, he served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019, becoming the youngest Belgian prime minister since Jean-Baptiste Nothomb in 1841.

Michel began his political career at age 16, joining the Young Liberal Reformers of Jodoigne. At 18, he was elected provincial councilor in Walloon Brabant.