Paul Magnette

Paul Magnette
President of the Socialist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2019
Preceded by	Elio Di Rupo
In office 17 January 2013 – 22 November 2014
Preceded by	Thierry Giet
Succeeded by	Elio Di Rupo
Mayor of Charleroi
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2012
Preceded by	Éric Massin
Minister-President of Wallonia
In office 22 July 2014 – 28 July 2017
Preceded by	Rudy Demotte
Succeeded by	Willy Borsus
Personal details
Born	(1971-06-28) 28 June 1971 (age 52) Leuven, Belgium
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Université libre de Bruxelles
Profession	Professor

Paul Magnette (French pronunciation: [pɔl maɲɛt]; born 28 June 1971) is a Belgian politician. Since 2019, he is the leader of the Socialist Party, social democratic French-speaking party in Belgium. Since 2012, he is also mayor of Charleroi. At academic level, he is a former political science professor at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and Director of the Institute of European Studies of the ULB. He was appointed minister in the Belgian federal government from 2007 to 2013 and was Minister-President of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017. He also was a member of the Senate of Belgium, of the Parliament of Wallonia and of the Parliament of the French Community.