Hugues Bayet is a Belgian politician of the

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. He is a former

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and the mayor of

Farciennes Farciennes (; wa, Fårcene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Farciennes had a total population of 11,247. The total area is 10.39 km2 which gives a population density of 1,083 inh ...

. Since the

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, Bayet has been a

, representing the Belgian French-speaking electoral college. He has since been serving on the

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. From 2015 until 2016, he was a member of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE). In 2016, he joined the Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) that investigated the Panama Papers revelations and tax avoidance schemes more broadly.

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1975 births Living people People from Farciennes Socialist Party (Belgium) MEPs MEPs for Belgium 2014–2019 {{Wallonia-politician-stub