GillesForet

Born in Liège in 1978, Gilles Foret is the son of Michel Foret, governor of the province of Liège from 2004 to 2015. After graduating in law from the University of Liège in 2002, he worked for Adecco at Liège Airport and then at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Liège-Verviers-Namur.

A municipal councillor in Liège since 2001, he chaired the MR of Liège-Ville from 2012 to 2021. He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 2014 and sat there until 2019.

In December 2018 he became an alderman of the City of Liège, responsible for Ecological Transition, Mobility, Cleanliness and Digital Affairs, within the new PS-MR majority. His father had held an aldermanic post there thirty-six years earlier. After the October 2024 elections, he became First Alderman of the City of Liège, responsible for Spatial Planning, Town Planning, Green Spaces and Cleanliness.

Re-elected in the 2024 federal elections, he is today a Member of the Chamber of Representatives.