Mathieu Michel (politician)

Mathieu Michel
Mathieu Michel in 2022
Secretary of State for Digitisation, Administrative Simplification, Privacy Protection and Building Regulation
In office 1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025
Prime Minister	Alexander De Croo
Preceded by	Philippe De Backer
Succeeded by	Vincent Van Peteghem (as Minister of Administrative Simplification) Vanessa Matz (as Minister of Digitisation and Building Regulation)
Personal details
Born	(1986-05-01) 1 May 1986 (age 38) Namur, Belgium
Political party	MR
Alma mater	EFAP Lille

Mathieu Michel (born 18 May 1979) is a French-speaking Belgian politician. He belongs to the Mouvement réformateur (MR).

He is the son of Louis Michel and the brother of Charles Michel.

He was elected provincial councillor for Walloon Brabant in 2000, and became a provincial deputy six years later. In 2012, at the head of a "purple coalition" with the Socialist Party (PS), he was elected president of the provincial college. He retains this position after the 2018 elections.

He entered the federal government in October 2020, as Secretary of State for Digitization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy Protection and Building Regulation. In this capacity, he is assistant to Flemish liberal Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

Michel was elected to the Belgian Federal Parliament from Walloon Brabant in the 2024 Belgian federal election.