Education
He studied political sciences at the Université libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels), and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in 1999 with a dissertation Citoyenneté et construction européenne.
politician senator university professor
He studied political sciences at the Université libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels), and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in 1999 with a dissertation Citoyenneté et construction européenne.
He is the current Minister-President of Wallonia and the current mayor of Charleroi. His research interest is on institutional policies, the European Union, and theories of democracy. In 2000, together with Eric Remacle, he was awarded the for European Research.
On 20 July 2007, Magnette became minister for Health, Social Action and Equal Opportunity of the Walloon government.
On 21 December 2007 Magnette became minister for Climate and Energy in the Verhofstadt III federal government. He held the post in the Leterme I Government and held the same post of minister for Climate and Energy in the Van Rompuy I Government, which took office on 30 December 2008, and in the Leterme II Government (25 November 2009 to on 5 December 2011).
In the Di Rupo Government, which took office on 6 December 2011, Magnette was Minister for Public Enterprises, Scientific Policy and Development Cooperation until 17 January 2013, when he formally resigned to become mayor of Charleroi and Chairman of the Personal.