DavidClarinval

Born in Dinant in 1976, David Clarinval holds a degree in economic, social and political sciences from UCLouvain. At the age of 23, he became a parliamentary assistant to the MR group in the Walloon Parliament. On 1 January 2001, aged 24, he became mayor of Bièvre, then the youngest in the country.

Elected provincial councillor in 2006, he took over the leadership of the MR group on the Namur Provincial Council. In December 2007, he entered the Chamber of Representatives, where he became MR group leader in July 2017.

In October 2019, he was appointed federal Minister for the Budget and the Civil Service, and then Deputy Prime Minister in December 2019. From October 2020 to 2025, in the De Croo government, he served as Minister for the Middle Classes, the Self-Employed, SMEs, Agriculture, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal, becoming Deputy Prime Minister again in 2022.

Since February 2025, he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment, the Economy and Agriculture in the federal government.