MathieuBihet

Born in Liège in 1991, Mathieu Bihet holds a law degree from the University of Liège, specialising in public, administrative and constitutional law. He then practised as a lawyer in Liège for a year.

Involved in politics from a young age, he became a municipal councillor in Neupré in 2012, at the age of 21. Alderman for Urban Planning and Spatial Development since 2017, he has been first alderman since 2024. In 2015 he took over the presidency of the Jeunes MR.

First substitute for the Chamber in the Liège constituency in 2019, he sat there briefly in 2020 and then from 2022 to 2024, replacing Katrin Jadin. In November 2020 he was appointed general delegate of the Mouvement Réformateur. In July 2024 he returned to the Chamber, replacing Pierre-Yves Jeholet, who had become a Walloon minister.

Since February 2025 he has been federal Minister for Energy in the De Wever government. There he is pursuing a policy geared towards security of supply, affordable energy and decarbonisation, based on a mix of nuclear and renewables.