Alain Courtois

Alain Courtois (June 12, 1951–) is a Belgian politician. Born in Schaerbeek in 1951, he is Secretary General of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA). He has served as a replacement minister on several occasions.

He was the federally appointed Reformist Movement—Citizens' Movement for Change representative of the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde district from June 26, 2003 to February 12, 2004, replacing Daniel Ducarme, who became Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region and minister of Arts, Letters and Audio-visual of the French Community of Belgium. From February 19, 2004 to June 28, 2004 he served as a replacement for Jacques Simonet, who replaced Ducarme in the Minister-President post following a scandal. Since July 1, 2004 he has served as a replacement for Martine Payfa, who was elected to the Belgian Federal Parliament from the Brussels-Capital Region.

Courtois is a supporter of football in Belgium, and is a frequent commentator on the RTL sports radio program "Vasyavoirdusport." He led the organizing committee of 2000 UEFA European Championship, which was held jointly in Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2006, he was named to lead the Benelux bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=385813&cc=5901|title=Benelux trio to apply to host 2018 World Cup|date=2006-10-16|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2006-10-18] . The name of the project is [http://www.beltomundial.org Beltomundial]

He is married to Cécile Florival, a magistrate in Brussels.

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