Charles Michel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Charles Michel

Belgian politician

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1975

Place of Birth: Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Charles Michel (French pronunciation: ?[?a?l mi??l]; born 21 December 1975) is a Belgian politician serving as President of the European Council since 2019, and previously served as Prime Minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019. The son of Louis Michel, also a prominent Belgian politician, Michel became Minister of Development Cooperation in 2007, and remained in this position until elected the leader of the Francophone liberal Reformist Movement (MR) in February 2011.
He led MR to the 2014 federal election, where they emerged as the third-largest party in the Chamber of Representatives.
After coalition negotiations, Michel was confirmed as Prime Minister of a MR-NVA-OVLD-CD&V government.
He was sworn in on 11 October 2014, becoming the youngest Belgian Prime Minister since 1845.
In December 2018, the government collapsed following internal disagreements over the handling of the Global Compact for Migration, with the NVA withdrawing from the cabinet.
Michel subsequently tendered his resignation and remained in office in a caretaker capacity.
At the 2019 federal election shortly afterwards, MR lost a number of seats, although Michel remained in office as interim Prime Minister during coalition negotiations.
Weeks after the federal election, on 2 July 2019, the European Council voted to appoint Michel as its new President.
He took over from Donald Tusk at a ceremony on 29 November 2019, formally beginning his term on 1 December 2019.