Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Duties and tasks

•  Remit for Development Cooperation in the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation 

• Provincial councillor of Walloon Brabant (1994 - 1999).
• Vice-President of the provincial council of Walloon Brabant (1995 - 1999)
• Federal deputy (June 1999 - October 2000 and July 2004 - December 2007)
• Communal councillor in Wavre (2000 to date)
• Walloon Minister for the Interior and the Civil Service (October 2000 - July 2004)
• Deputy mayor for state-owned companies and urban planning in Wavre (July 2004 -November 2006)
• Titular burgermeister of Wavre (December 2006 to date)
• Minister for Development Cooperation (21 December 2007 to date)

Professional career

•  Lawyer admitted to the Brussels bar (1998 to date)

Studies

•  Law degree (Free University of Brussels (ULB)-University of Amsterdam 1998)