CarolineCassart

Born in Namur in 1973, Caroline Cassart-Mailleux holds a degree in accounting, taxation and insurance. An accountant by profession, she is also a farmer and remains deeply attached to rural life.

She entered municipal politics in 2000 as a councillor in Ouffet, becoming an alderwoman there in 2006. In 2004, she was elected to the Walloon Parliament and to the Parliament of the French Community. In 2012, she became mayor of Ouffet, a post she has held ever since.

In 2014, she joined the Chamber of Representatives, elected in the province of Liège. She returned to the Walloon Parliament in 2019 and was re-elected there in 2024.

In July 2024, she became First Vice-President of the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, a role she had already held from 2019 to 2021. She is now a Member of the Walloon Parliament and of the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, as well as mayor of Ouffet, re-appointed in 2024.