Olivier Chastel
Secretary of State for European Affairs
- Level of government
- federal government
- Party:
- MR
Rue des Petits Carmes 15
1060 Bruxelles
+32 (0)2 501 8411
cab.chastel@diplobel.fed.be
Duties and tasks
- Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation for European Affairs
- Preparations for the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council
Political career
- Member of the National Bureau of the Liberal Reformist Party: 1990 - 1992 and since 1997
- Communal Councillor of Charleroi: since 1993
- Deputy of Wallonia and the French Community: 1998 - 1999
- Federal deputy: 1999 - February 2004 and July 2004 - March 2008
- Member of the Council of the Reformist Movement: since 2002
- Minister of Arts, Literature and Audiovisual of the Government of the French Community of Wallonia-Brussels: February 2004 - July 2004
- First Deputy Mayor of Charleroi: December 2006 - May 2007
- President of the Federation of the Reformist Movement of Hainaut: since November 2004
- Vice-President of the Chamber of Representatives: July 2004 - March 2008
- Deputy Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: since March 2008
Professional carreer
- Industrial pharmacist and consultant to test laboratories
Studies
- Degree in Pharmacy, Free University of Brussels (1987)
- Date of birth: 22 November 1964
- Place of birth: Liège
- Mother tongue: French