David Clarinval (born 10 January 1976) is a Belgian politician of the

Reformist Movement The Reformist Movement (french: Mouvement Réformateur, MR) is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium. MR is traditionally a conservative-liberal party, but it also contains social-liberal factions. The party is in coalition as ...

who has been serving as Minister of the Middle Class, SMEs, Self-employed,

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, Social Integration and Urban Policy in the

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since 2020.

Early life

Clarinval was born on 10 January 1976 in the town of Dinant. He studied political science at Université catholique de Louvain. After graduation, he served as an assistant to the

Mouvement Réformateur The Reformist Movement (french: Mouvement Réformateur, MR) is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium. MR is traditionally a conservative-liberal party, but it also contains social-liberal factions. The party is in coalition as ...

in the Chamber of Representatives.

Political career

In the 2000 Belgian local elections, at age 24, Clarinval was elected mayor of the town of Bièvre. At the time, he was the youngest mayor in the country. Clarinval has been a member of the Chamber of Representatives of

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since 2007. On 27 October 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister

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as the Minister of Budget and Public Service and Minister for Science Policy. In November, he was appointed as one of three Deputy Prime Ministers, replacing

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. With the gradual withdrawal of Sophie Wilmès from the government, Clarinval became Deputy Prime Minister in April 2022, initially on a provisional basis and definitively from July 14, 2022.

References

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