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href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C,_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Мишель, Шарль – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Мишель, Шарль" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84" title="شارل ميشيل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شارل ميشيل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Earl_Mi%C5%9Fel" title="Şarl Mişel – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şarl Mişel" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2" title="শার্ল মিশেল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শার্ল মিশেল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%88%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Шарль Мішэль – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Шарль Мішэль" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Шарл Мишел – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Шарл Мишел" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BB_%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%BB" title="Σαρλ Μισέλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σαρλ Μισέλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84" title="شارل میشل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شارل میشل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%A4%EB%A5%BC_%EB%AF%B8%EC%85%B8" title="샤를 미셸 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="샤를 미셸" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%AC_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Շառլ Միշել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շառլ Միշել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%9C" title="שארל מישל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שארל מישל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="შარლ მიშელი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შარლ მიშელი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Michel" title="Carolus Michel – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Carolus Michel" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="შარლ მიშელი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="შარლ მიშელი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84" title="شارل ميشيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شارل ميشيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB" title="シャルル・ミシェル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シャルル・ミシェル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Charles Michel" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C,_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Мишель, Шарль – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мишель, Шарль" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Charles Michel" 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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Charles Michel</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Michel_(49467991288).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Charles_Michel_%2849467991288%29.jpg/220px-Charles_Michel_%2849467991288%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Charles_Michel_%2849467991288%29.jpg/330px-Charles_Michel_%2849467991288%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Charles_Michel_%2849467991288%29.jpg/440px-Charles_Michel_%2849467991288%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2667" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2019</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">President of the European Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1 December 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 October 2014 – 27 October 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">Philippe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Jambon" title="Jan Jambon">Jan Jambon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kris_Peeters" title="Kris Peeters">Kris Peeters</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Koen_Geens" title="Koen Geens">Koen Geens</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Didier_Reynders" title="Didier Reynders">Didier Reynders</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alexander_De_Croo" title="Alexander De Croo">Alexander De Croo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Wilm%C3%A8s" title="Sophie Wilmès">Sophie Wilmès</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">Reformist Movement</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 February 2019 – 29 November 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Chastel" title="Olivier Chastel">Olivier Chastel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georges-Louis_Bouchez" title="Georges-Louis Bouchez">Georges-Louis Bouchez</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />14 February 2011 – 10 October 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Didier_Reynders" title="Didier Reynders">Didier Reynders</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Chastel" title="Olivier Chastel">Olivier Chastel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Development_Cooperation_(Belgium)" title="Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium)">Minister of Development Cooperation</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 December 2007 – 14 February 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Verhofstadt" title="Guy Verhofstadt">Guy Verhofstadt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Yves_Leterme" title="Yves Leterme">Yves Leterme</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Herman_Van_Rompuy" title="Herman Van Rompuy">Herman Van Rompuy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armand_De_Decker" title="Armand De Decker">Armand De Decker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Chastel" title="Olivier Chastel">Olivier Chastel</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Charles Yves Jean Ghislain Michel</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1975-12-21</span>) </span>21 December 1975<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 48)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a>, Belgium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">Reformist Movement</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Party" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party">Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Amélie Derbaudrenghien</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Michel" title="Louis Michel">Louis Michel</a> (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_libre_de_Bruxelles" title="Université libre de Bruxelles">Université libre de Bruxelles</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Amsterdam" title="University of Amsterdam">University of Amsterdam</a>ˈ</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Michel</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ʃaʁl<span class="wrap"> </span>miʃɛl]</a></span>; born 21 December 1975) is a Belgian politician serving as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">president of the European Council</a> since 2019. He previously served as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">prime minister of Belgium</a> between 2014 and 2019. Michel became the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Development_Cooperation_(Belgium)" title="Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium)">minister of development cooperation</a> in 2007 at age thirty-one, and remained in this position until elected the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Francophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophone">Francophone</a> liberal <a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">Reformist Movement</a> (MR) in February 2011. He led MR to the <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_federal_election" title="2014 Belgian federal election">2014 federal election</a>, where they emerged as the third-largest party in the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Representatives_(Belgium)" title="Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)">Chamber of Representatives</a>. After <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_government_formation" title="2014 Belgian government formation">coalition negotiations</a>, Michel was confirmed as Prime Minister of a MR-<a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">N-VA</a>-<a href="/wiki/Open_Vlaamse_Liberalen_en_Democraten" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten">OVLD</a>-<a href="/wiki/Christen-Democratisch_en_Vlaams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams">CD&V</a> government. He was sworn in on 11 October 2014, becoming the youngest <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> prime minister since <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Nothomb" title="Jean-Baptiste Nothomb">Jean-Baptiste Nothomb</a> in 1841. </p><p>In December 2018, the government collapsed following internal disagreements over the handling of the <a href="/wiki/Global_Compact_for_Migration" title="Global Compact for Migration">Global Compact for Migration</a>, with the N-VA withdrawing from the cabinet. Michel subsequently tendered his resignation and remained in office in a <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government" title="Caretaker government">caretaker capacity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2019_Belgian_federal_election" title="2019 Belgian federal election">2019 federal election</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/European_Council" title="European Council">European Council</a> voted to appoint Michel as its new president. He took over from <a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a> at a ceremony on 29 November 2019, formally beginning his term on 1 December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-29-11-19_press_release_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29-11-19_press_release-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EUCOpres_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EUCOpres-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2024, he announced he would step down as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">president of the European Council</a> to run in the <a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election">2024 European Parliament election</a>, before reversing his decision within the same month and declaring he would finish his current mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Charles_Michel" title="Special:EditPage/Charles Michel">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Charles Michel was born in <a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>, on 21 December 1975. He is the son of <a href="/wiki/Louis_Michel" title="Louis Michel">Louis Michel</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner">European Commissioner</a>, and Martine Pierre. Michel began his political career at the age of 16 when he joined the Young Liberal Reformers of Jodoigne (<i>Jeunes Réformateurs Libéraux de Jodoigne</i>), affiliated to the MR. In 1994, at the age of 18, he was elected provincial councilor in <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a>. He graduated in law at the <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Libre_de_Bruxelles" class="mw-redirect" title="Université Libre de Bruxelles">Université Libre de Bruxelles</a> (ULB) and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Amsterdam" title="University of Amsterdam">University of Amsterdam</a> in 1998, after which he became lawyer at the Brussels Bar. He is fluent in Dutch and English in addition to his native French. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after finishing university, while his father was Belgium's Minister of Home Affairs, Michel was elected to the federal <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Representatives_(Belgium)" title="Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)">Chamber of Representatives</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999_Belgian_federal_election" title="1999 Belgian federal election">1999</a> (age 23), representing <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a>, a stronghold of the liberal MR. In 2000, he became Minister of Home Affairs in the <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Walloon Government">Walloon Government</a> aged 25, making him the youngest regional minister in Belgian history.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, his father was minister of Home Affairs at the national level. At the local level, he was elected city councillor in <a href="/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre">Wavre</a> in 2000, and in 2006 became mayor of the city. </p><p>In December 2007, Michel became the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Development_Cooperation_(Belgium)" title="Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium)">Minister of Development Cooperation</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Verhofstadt_III_Government" title="Verhofstadt III Government">Verhofstadt III Government</a> and subsequently in the <a href="/wiki/Leterme_I_Government" title="Leterme I Government">Leterme I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Van_Rompuy_Government" title="Van Rompuy Government">Van Rompuy I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leterme_II_Government" title="Leterme II Government">Leterme II</a> governments.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After poor results in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Belgian_regional_elections" title="2009 Belgian regional elections">2009 regional elections</a>, Michel was part of a group demanding the MR leader <a href="/wiki/Didier_Reynders" title="Didier Reynders">Didier Reynders</a> resign. After the party suffered further losses in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Belgian_federal_election" title="2010 Belgian federal election">2010 federal election</a>, Reynders resigned, and Michel announced his candidacy to replace him. In January 2011, he was elected President of MR, and resigned from the cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prime_Minister_of_Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prime Minister of Belgium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Michel_I_Government" title="Michel I Government">Michel I Government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michel_II_Government" title="Michel II Government">Michel II Government</a></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_federal_election" title="2014 Belgian federal election">2014 federal election</a>, Michel became co-<a href="/wiki/Formateur" title="Formateur">formateur</a> in the ensuing <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_government_formation" title="2014 Belgian government formation">coalition negotiations</a>. Initially, <a href="/wiki/Christen-Democratisch_en_Vlaams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams">CD&V</a> Leader <a href="/wiki/Kris_Peeters" title="Kris Peeters">Kris Peeters</a> was expected to be prime minister. However CD&V also insisted on <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Thyssen" title="Marianne Thyssen">Marianne Thyssen</a> being appointed as <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner">European Commissioner</a>, and Michel's MR refused to allow the two most important political posts to be held by a single party. Ultimately, the parties agreed to appoint Thyssen as European Commissioner, with an understanding that the prime ministership would go to either MR or <a href="/wiki/Open_Vlaamse_Liberalen_en_Democraten" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten">OVLD</a>. As Michel was serving as co-formateur, he quickly won internal support from other parties to lead the next government. On 7 October 2014, an overall agreement was reached between the four parties to form a new government, with Michel proposed as prime minister, and Peeters as one of four deputy prime ministers. Michel became the youngest Belgian prime minister in 173 years since Jean-Baptiste Nothomb in 1841, and was only the second Francophone liberal to become prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Ministry of Security and the Interior, many tasks of the federal police are being privatized (securing public buildings, supervising detainees, etc.), while the departments concerned with international crime (especially computer and financial crime) are being decentralized. In defence, while the budget for investment in equipment has been increased at the request of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, the number of personnel is to be reduced by 19.5 per cent. Federal cultural and scientific institutions have been hit by budget cuts of 20 per cent. The budget allocated to the functioning of the judiciary is also depleted, leading Belgium's highest magistrate to accuse the "logic of economy" of being responsible for a "pathology of the entire judicial system that endangers the rule of law."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Cameron_meets_with_Prime_Minister_Michel,_of_Belgium_at_the_Syria_Conference._(24544822590).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/David_Cameron_meets_with_Prime_Minister_Michel%2C_of_Belgium_at_the_Syria_Conference._%2824544822590%29.jpg/220px-David_Cameron_meets_with_Prime_Minister_Michel%2C_of_Belgium_at_the_Syria_Conference._%2824544822590%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/David_Cameron_meets_with_Prime_Minister_Michel%2C_of_Belgium_at_the_Syria_Conference._%2824544822590%29.jpg/330px-David_Cameron_meets_with_Prime_Minister_Michel%2C_of_Belgium_at_the_Syria_Conference._%2824544822590%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/David_Cameron_meets_with_Prime_Minister_Michel%2C_of_Belgium_at_the_Syria_Conference._%2824544822590%29.jpg/440px-David_Cameron_meets_with_Prime_Minister_Michel%2C_of_Belgium_at_the_Syria_Conference._%2824544822590%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4247" data-file-height="2827" /></a><figcaption>Michel with UK Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 January 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Tax_shift" title="Tax shift">tax shift</a> began to take effect. This includes increasing the take-home pay of the lowest income earners through a decrease in social security contributions. The expected increase is €80 net for an employee earning €1,500; €70 for those earning €2,100; and €60 for those earning €2,800. Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Johan_Van_Overtveldt" title="Johan Van Overtveldt">Johan Van Overtveldt</a> says "the tax shift will be a tax cut", although the value-added tax on electricity will rise from 6% to the standard rate of 21% and <a href="/wiki/Excise" title="Excise">excise</a> duties on alcohol, diesel, tobacco and soft drinks will increase. A liberal orientation was also adopted in the area of pensions (Bacquelaine law, which reduced the pensions of the formerly unemployed) and labour law (Peeters law, which deregulated the use of overtime, part-time contracts and flexible hours).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_and_Charles_Michel_(2018-01-31)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Vladimir_Putin_and_Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_01.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Putin_and_Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Vladimir_Putin_and_Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_01.jpg/330px-Vladimir_Putin_and_Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Vladimir_Putin_and_Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_01.jpg/440px-Vladimir_Putin_and_Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="1160" /></a><figcaption>Michel with Russian president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 2018, a political crisis emerged over whether to sign the <a href="/wiki/Global_Compact_for_Migration" title="Global Compact for Migration">Global Compact for Migration</a>. Michel's coalition partner N-VA, which originally supported the Compact, reversed course to oppose it whereas the other three parties continued to support it. Michel subsequently announced the formation of a <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a>, with CD&V, MR and OVLD backing the compact.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 December, he presented his government's resignation to the King. The King accepted Michel's resignation on 21 December after consulting party leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained in office as caretaker prime minister during the <a href="/wiki/2019_Belgian_federal_election" title="2019 Belgian federal election">2019 federal election</a>, and the ensuing coalition negotiations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="President_of_the_European_Council">President of the European Council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: President of the European Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 2 July 2019, Michel was selected <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">President of the European Council</a>, one of the most prominent leadership positions of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 July 2020, Michel announced a historical deal on the recovery package <a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_EU" title="Next Generation EU">Next Generation EU</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Multiannual_Financial_Framework#2021–2027" title="Multiannual Financial Framework">EU 2021–2027 budget</a> to support member states hit by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. In August 2020, Michel expressed "full solidarity" with <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> in their <a href="/wiki/Aegean_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegean conflict">conflict with Turkey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has <a href="/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus" title="Turkish invasion of Cyprus">occupied the northern part of Cyprus</a> since July 1974. The <a href="/wiki/Aegean_dispute" title="Aegean dispute">Aegean dispute</a> between Turkey and Greece escalated when Ankara resumed gas exploration in contested areas of the eastern Mediterranean.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mateusz_Morawiecki_i_Charles_Michel_rozmawiaj%C4%85_o_kryzysie_uchod%C5%BAczym_na_Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9Bi_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mateusz_Morawiecki_i_Charles_Michel_rozmawiaj%C4%85_o_kryzysie_uchod%C5%BAczym_na_Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9Bi_%285%29.jpg/220px-Mateusz_Morawiecki_i_Charles_Michel_rozmawiaj%C4%85_o_kryzysie_uchod%C5%BAczym_na_Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9Bi_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mateusz_Morawiecki_i_Charles_Michel_rozmawiaj%C4%85_o_kryzysie_uchod%C5%BAczym_na_Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9Bi_%285%29.jpg/330px-Mateusz_Morawiecki_i_Charles_Michel_rozmawiaj%C4%85_o_kryzysie_uchod%C5%BAczym_na_Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9Bi_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mateusz_Morawiecki_i_Charles_Michel_rozmawiaj%C4%85_o_kryzysie_uchod%C5%BAczym_na_Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9Bi_%285%29.jpg/440px-Mateusz_Morawiecki_i_Charles_Michel_rozmawiaj%C4%85_o_kryzysie_uchod%C5%BAczym_na_Bia%C5%82oru%C5%9Bi_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>Michel meeting in Warsaw with the Prime Minister of Poland <a href="/wiki/Mateusz_Morawiecki" title="Mateusz Morawiecki">Mateusz Morawiecki</a>, 10 November 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>On 27 September 2020, Michel expressed deep concern over the <a href="/wiki/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">escalation of hostilities</a> in the disputed region of <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> and called on <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> to immediately halt fighting and progress towards a peaceful resolution.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="France–United States relations">French-U.S.</a> and <a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Australia_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="France–Australia relations">French-Australia relations</a> suffered a period of tension in September 2021 due to fallout from the <a href="/wiki/AUKUS" title="AUKUS">AUKUS</a> defense pact between the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Australia. The security pact is directed at countering <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">Chinese power</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pacific" title="Indo-Pacific">Indo-Pacific</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-ExplainerSubmarine_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ExplainerSubmarine-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the agreement, the U.S. agreed to provide <a href="/wiki/Nuclear-powered_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear-powered submarine">nuclear-powered submarines</a> to Australia. After entering into AUKUS, the Australian government canceled an agreement that it had made with France for the <a href="/wiki/Attack-class_submarine" title="Attack-class submarine">provision of French conventionally powered submarines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ExplainerSubmarine_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ExplainerSubmarine-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Von der Leyen called the way France was treated "unacceptable" and demanded an explanation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EU called the way France was treated "unacceptable" and demanded an explanation.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michel denounced a "lack of transparency and loyalty" by the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_held_meeting_with_President_of_European_Council_and_Prime_Minister_of_Armenia_in_Brussels_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ilham_Aliyev_held_meeting_with_President_of_European_Council_and_Prime_Minister_of_Armenia_in_Brussels_05.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_held_meeting_with_President_of_European_Council_and_Prime_Minister_of_Armenia_in_Brussels_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ilham_Aliyev_held_meeting_with_President_of_European_Council_and_Prime_Minister_of_Armenia_in_Brussels_05.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_held_meeting_with_President_of_European_Council_and_Prime_Minister_of_Armenia_in_Brussels_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ilham_Aliyev_held_meeting_with_President_of_European_Council_and_Prime_Minister_of_Armenia_in_Brussels_05.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_held_meeting_with_President_of_European_Council_and_Prime_Minister_of_Armenia_in_Brussels_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="1274" /></a><figcaption>Michel with Azerbaijani President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> and Armenian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" title="Nikol Pashinyan">Nikol Pashinyan</a> in Brussels, 14 May 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>During his tenure, there were internal expressions of discontent, including from a prime minister and diplomats from different EU countries to Michel's administration. The EU summits, for which he is responsible as president, were criticized for being not well organized. During his tenure, he ignored the decisions of the <a href="/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_Commission" title="Von der Leyen Commission">European Commission</a> instead of remaining solution-oriented like his predecessors in office. A diplomatic fauxpas known as the "<a href="/wiki/Sofagate" title="Sofagate">Sofagate</a>" was described as a symbol of the strained working relationship between Commission President <a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a> and Michel.<sup id="cite_ref-Spiegel_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spiegel-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, sanctions against Russia also included asset freezes on the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Central_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Central Bank">Russian Central Bank</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which holds $630 billion in <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign-exchange_reserves" title="List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves">foreign-exchange reserves</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to prevent it from offsetting the impact of sanctions.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 May, Charles Michel said: "I am absolutely convinced that this is extremely important not only to freeze assets but also to make possible to confiscate it, to make it available for the rebuilding" of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meeting_with_Xi_Jinping_(2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Meeting_with_Xi_Jinping_%282023%29.jpg/220px-Meeting_with_Xi_Jinping_%282023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Meeting_with_Xi_Jinping_%282023%29.jpg/330px-Meeting_with_Xi_Jinping_%282023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Meeting_with_Xi_Jinping_%282023%29.jpg/440px-Meeting_with_Xi_Jinping_%282023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2661" /></a><figcaption>Michel with Chinese President <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> and President of the European Commission <a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a> in Beijing, China, 7 December 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>In September 2022, Michel met with Saudi Crown Prince <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Salman" title="Mohammed bin Salman">Mohammed bin Salman</a> at his palace in <a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a> to discuss strengthening cooperation between the EU and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2023, Michel met with <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopian</a> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed" title="Abiy Ahmed">Abiy Ahmed</a> in Addis Ababa to normalize EU-Ethiopia relations that had been damaged by the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigray War">Tigray War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2023, Michel condemned <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2023_Azerbaijani_offensive_in_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh">offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh</a> and urged the country to immediately stop its military activities and return to dialogue.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2023, he said that Russia "betrayed the Armenian people" after Azerbaijan regained control of the disputed zone from Armenian separatists.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Michel_meets_Prime_Minister_of_Italy_(01).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/President_Michel_meets_Prime_Minister_of_Italy_%2801%29.jpg/220px-President_Michel_meets_Prime_Minister_of_Italy_%2801%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/President_Michel_meets_Prime_Minister_of_Italy_%2801%29.jpg/330px-President_Michel_meets_Prime_Minister_of_Italy_%2801%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/President_Michel_meets_Prime_Minister_of_Italy_%2801%29.jpg/440px-President_Michel_meets_Prime_Minister_of_Italy_%2801%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7414" data-file-height="4942" /></a><figcaption>Michel with Italian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Giorgia_Meloni" title="Giorgia Meloni">Giorgia Meloni</a> in Rome, 11 April 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2024, Michel announced he would step down as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" title="President of the European Council">president of the European Council</a> to run in the <a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election">2024 European Parliament election</a>, before reversing his decision within the same month and declaring he would finish his current mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crisis_in_Georgia">Crisis in Georgia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Crisis in Georgia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Georgian_political_crisis" title="2020–2021 Georgian political crisis">2020–2021 Georgian political crisis</a></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2020_Georgian_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Georgian parliamentary election">2020 Georgian parliamentary election</a>, Georgia experienced a political crisis. The ruling <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Dream" title="Georgian Dream">Georgian Dream</a> party was deemed the winner, but the opposition parties said that the election was marred by irregularities and violations, they boycotted the results of the elections and refused to enter the parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_georgia_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters_georgia-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Georgian authorities arrested opposition politician <a href="/wiki/Nika_Melia" title="Nika Melia">Nika Melia</a>, the chairman of the opposition <a href="/wiki/United_National_Movement_(Georgia)" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Movement (Georgia)">United National Movement</a> (UNM), the country's prime minister resigned and mass street protests ensued.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_georgia_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters_georgia-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2021, Michel visited Georgia and participated in talks between Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Irakli_Garibashvili" title="Irakli Garibashvili">Irakli Garibashvili</a> and the opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-euconcilium_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euconcilium-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michel and the EU's High Representative <a href="/wiki/Josep_Borrell" title="Josep Borrell">Josep Borrell</a> appointed Swedish diplomat Christian Danielsson as the EU envoy to mediate political crisis talks in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-civilgeorgia_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-civilgeorgia-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michel also met Georgian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Irakli_Garibashvili" title="Irakli Garibashvili">Irakli Garibashvili</a> in Brussels later that month,<sup id="cite_ref-euconcilium_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euconcilium-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and met political leaders in <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> in April 2021, after an agreement was signed after several weeks of mediation brokered by Michel and the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-euconcilium_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euconcilium-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement was welcomed as a success by the <a href="/wiki/International_community" title="International community">international community</a><sup id="cite_ref-agenda_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-agenda-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and local civil society organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/Europe-Georgia_Institute" title="Europe-Georgia Institute">Europe-Georgia Institute</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-egi_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-egi-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Michel hailed the agreement as being in "a truly European spirit" that takes Georgia towards a "Euro-Atlantic future."<sup id="cite_ref-euconcilium_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euconcilium-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later the largest opposition party in Tbilisi did not accept the agreement and the ruling party withdrew from it.<sup id="cite_ref-Spiegel_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spiegel-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Russian invasion of Ukraine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Denys_Shmyhal_met_with_President_of_the_European_Council_Charles_Michel_-_2024_(IMG_9004)_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Denys_Shmyhal_met_with_President_of_the_European_Council_Charles_Michel_-_2024_%28IMG_9004%29_%28cropped%29.png/220px-Denys_Shmyhal_met_with_President_of_the_European_Council_Charles_Michel_-_2024_%28IMG_9004%29_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Denys_Shmyhal_met_with_President_of_the_European_Council_Charles_Michel_-_2024_%28IMG_9004%29_%28cropped%29.png/330px-Denys_Shmyhal_met_with_President_of_the_European_Council_Charles_Michel_-_2024_%28IMG_9004%29_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Grand Officer in the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a> (21 May 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Belgium)" title="Minister of State (Belgium)">Minister of State</a> (31 October 2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise" title="Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise">Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise</a>, 1st class (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Michel and his wife Amélie Derbaudrenghien Michel (née Derbaudrenghien) have two children. Amid the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the couple postponed their wedding, which was supposed to take place in France in August 2020, to avoid quarantine upon return to Belgium.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2021, Derbaudrenghien Michel and Michel's spokesman confirmed that the couple discreetly married over the summer of 2021 with a small celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michel also has a son from a previous relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Michel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDunst2018" class="citation web cs1">Dunst, Charles (21 December 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.politico.eu/article/michel-takes-belgium-lead-of-belgian-caretaker-government/">"Charles Michel to head Belgian caretaker government – POLITICO"</a>. 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Best wishes, Mr President! Thank you all for accompanying me over the last 5 years! https://europa.eu/!Yd78Cd Don't worry, I will continue tweeting on @donaldtusk and @donaldtuskEPP"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=It%27s+time%3A+I+am+handing+over+the+%23EUCO+bell+%26+this+Twitter+account+to+my+friend+%40CharlesMichel.+Best+wishes%2C+Mr+President%21+Thank+you+all+for+accompanying+me+over+the+last+5+years%21+https%3A%2F%2Feuropa.eu%2F%21Yd78Cd+Don%27t+worry%2C+I+will+continue+tweeting+on+%40donaldtusk+and+%40donaldtuskEPP.&rft.date=2019-11-29&rft.au=eucopresident&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Feucopresident%2Fstatus%2F1200377814203142144&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Michel" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dw.com/en/eus-charles-michel-to-quit-council-presidency-run-as-mep/a-67910051">"EU's Charles Michel to quit Council presidency, run as MEP – DW – 01/07/2024"</a>. <i>dw.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Development_Cooperation_(Belgium)" title="Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium)">Minister of Development Cooperation</a> </b><br />2007–2011 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Chastel" title="Olivier Chastel">Olivier Chastel</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a> </b><br />2014–2019 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Wilm%C3%A8s" title="Sophie Wilmès">Sophie Wilmès</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td 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center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Chastel" title="Olivier Chastel">Olivier Chastel</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Chastel" title="Olivier Chastel">Olivier Chastel</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">President of the Reformist Movement</a> </b><br />2019 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">Georges-Louis Bouchez</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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<li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Merkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_S%C3%B3crates" title="José Sócrates">Sócrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janez_Jan%C5%A1a" title="Janez Janša">Janša</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Sarkozy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirek_Topol%C3%A1nek" title="Mirek Topolánek">Topolánek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Fischer_(politician)" title="Jan Fischer (politician)">Fischer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredrik_Reinfeldt" title="Fredrik Reinfeldt">Reinfeldt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Permanent President<br />(since 2009)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herman_Van_Rompuy" title="Herman Van Rompuy">Van Rompuy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Tusk</a></li> <li><a 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2005">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2006" title="Parties in the European Council during 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2007" title="Parties in the European Council during 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2008" title="Parties in the European Council during 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2009" title="Parties in the European Council during 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2010" title="Parties in the European Council during 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2011" title="Parties in the European Council during 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2012" title="Parties in the European Council during 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a 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