BertinMampaka
President of the Brussels Parliament (and of the French-speaking Brussels Parliament)
In brief
Born in 1957 in Léopoldville, in the Belgian Congo, Bertin Mampaka came to Belgium in 1979 to continue his studies. He holds a degree and a teaching qualification in economics from the Université de Mons-Hainaut, and taught economics in higher education.
He joined the PSC in 1994, which later became the cdH. Elected municipal councillor in the City of Brussels in 2000, he served as alderman from 2004 to 2006, notably for Sport, and again from 2007 to 2012. On 29 June 2004, he was elected as a Member of the Brussels Parliament, where he has sat ever since. From 2013 to 2019, he also sat in the Senate and, until 2020, in the Parliament of the French Community.
In September 2020, he joined the Mouvement Réformateur.
Elected for the fifth consecutive time in June 2024, he was appointed President of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region on 25 June 2024, a role he combines with the presidency of the French-speaking Brussels Parliament. He was reappointed to this position in September 2025 and again in September 2026.
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