Melchior Wathelet, Jr.

Melchior Wathelet
Secretary of State of Budget
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 mars 2008
Personal details
Born	30 September 1977 (1977-09-30) (age 34) Verviers, Belgium
Political party	Centre démocrate humaniste
Occupation	politician

Melchior Wathelet (born 30 September 1977) is a Belgian politician and member of the Centre démocrate humaniste (cdH). His father is Melchior Wathelet. After a degree in law from the Catholic University of Louvain and a Master of European Law from the University of Southampton, he become lawyer at the Bar association of Liège in 2002.

He started his political career in 2003, when he was elected as member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives where he quickly becomes group member for his party and second vice-president of the cdH.

He became secretary of state in charge of the budget in the Leterme II Government, and keeps this charge in the Van Rompuy I Government and the Leterme II Government

External links

• Official site

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Name	Wathelet,Melchior
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Date of birth	30 September 1977
Place of birth	Verviers, Belgium
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