OlivierChastel
Member of the European Parliament
In brief
Born in Liège in 1964, Olivier Chastel grew up in Charleroi. A pharmacist who graduated from the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1987, he first worked as a research assistant in analytical chemistry, then as a quality assurance specialist in an analysis laboratory in Thuin.
A municipal councillor in Charleroi since 1993, he entered the Walloon Parliament in 1998 and was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1999, becoming its vice-president in 2003. From February to July 2004, he served as Minister for the Arts, Letters and Audiovisual Affairs of the French Community. He then became federal Secretary of State for European Affairs in 2008, Minister for Development Cooperation in February 2011, and Minister for the Budget and Administrative Simplification from December 2011 to October 2014.
From October 2014 to February 2019, he was President of the Mouvement Réformateur.
Elected to the European Parliament in 2019 and re-elected in 2024, he sits with the Renew Europe group. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament.
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