Maxime Prévot

Maxime Patrick Robert Albert Prévot (; born 9 April 1978) is a Belgian politician of the party who has been serving as a Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation in the De Wever Government since February 2025. He previously served as the mayor of Namur from 2012 to 2025.

Biography Prévot was born in Mons in 1978 to a middle-class family, and spent part of his upbringing in Luxembourg. Prévot studied political science at the University of Namur and later completed a law conversion course at UCLouvain before working for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Prévot first became involved in politics when he joined the youth chapter of the cdH in Namur. During the 2006 municipal elections in Belgium, he was elected as a councilor on the Provincial Council of Namur. In 2012, he succeeded as Mayor of Namur. In the 2014 Belgian regional elections, he was elected to the Parliament of Wallonia as the top candidate for the Namur constituency list.

In January 2019, former cdH president Benoît Lutgen announced his intention to step down as leader. Prévot entered the leadership race and was subsequently elected as the party's new president with 85% of the vote.

He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in the 2024 Belgian federal election.

Other activities World Bank, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2025)

Political positions Prévot has been described as coming from the more centre-right camp of the cdH with some of his ideas being close to those of the Mouvement Réformateur. However, he has also described himself as holding progressive opinions on some issues.

Following poor results for the cdH during the 2019 elections, Prévot announced a plan to rejuvenate and reorganize the party, including updating its policies and changing its identity and branding. In 2022, the party announced it would change its name from the cdH to .

Prévot condemned the March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, adding that Israel's blocking of humanitarian aid to Palestinians was "a serious violation of international law".

In September 2025, Prévot announced that Belgium will recognise Palestine as a state at the United Nations General Assembly and will impose 12 "firm" sanctions against Israel.

In October 2025, Prévot condemned the massacre in El Fasher, Sudan.