Pierre-Yves Dermagne

Pierre-Yves Dermagne
Dermagne in 2021
Minister of Economy and Employment
In office
1 October 2020 – 3 February 2025
Prime MinisterAlexander De Croo
Preceded byNathalie Muylle
Succeeded byDavid Clarinval
Walloon Minister of Local Government and Housing
In office
13 September 2019 – 1 October 2020
Preceded byValérie De Bue
Succeeded byChristophe Collignon
In office
26 January 2017 – 28 July 2017
Preceded byPaul Furlan
Succeeded byValérie De Bue
Mayor of Rochefort
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 December 2018
Preceded byFrançois Bellot
Personal details
Born (1980-12-30) 30 December 1980
Namur, Belgium
Political partySocialist Party (Francophone)
Alma materUniversité catholique de Louvain

Pierre-Yves Dermagne (born 30 December 1980)[1] is a Belgian politician who served as Minister of Economy and Employment in the De Croo Government led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo between 2020 and 2025.[2][3] He is affiliated with the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste).[4] He was elected to the Belgian Federal Parliament in the 2024 Belgian federal election.

Early life and career

Dermagne was born on 30 December 1980 in Namur.[1] He is the eldest son of Madeleine Barnich and Jean-Marie Dermagne, who served as a lawyer at the Dinant bar from Rochefort.[5] In 2003 he obtained a law degree from the Catholic University of Louvain, and soon afterward started becoming politically active.[6] He was parliamentary attache to the Walloon Parliament.[7] In 2006 taking a seat as a provincial councillor for Namur and a municipal councillor for Rochefort.[8] In 2009 he joined Eliane Tillieux's cabinet as political secretary, before in 2012 becoming the first alderman of Rochefort.[8] Returning to Namur in 2014, he was elected to the Parliament of Wallonia.[9] In January 2017 he become Minister of Local Authorities in Wallonia, succeeding Paul Furlan temporarily as Furlan resigned following an affair.[10] He stopped being minister 6 months later, returning to the post of alderman of Rochefort and leader of the PS group in parliament.[10]

He won the 2018 communal elections in Rochefort with 2,109 votes over François Bellot.[11] In October 2021, he advocated for a reduction in the work week from five days a week to four.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pierre-Yves Dermagne". Parlement de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Le casting du gouvernement De Croo". L'Echo (in French). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ Neirynck, Pieterjan (1 October 2020). "Comeback Vandenbroucke, geen Calvo of De Block: dit zijn de gezichten van de nieuwe federale regering". Business AM (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Who is in Belgium's new federal government?". The Brussels Times. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Les Dermagne, quelle famille!". Lavenir (in French). 11 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Pierre-Yves Dermagne CV" (PDF). www.cnp-nrp.belgium.be. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  7. ^ Knack, Redactie (12 September 2019). "Wie is wie in de nieuwe Waalse en Franse Gemeenschapsregering?". Knack (in Flemish). Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Pierre-Yves Dermagne, l'étoile montante du PS". RTBF (in French). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Le PS au-delà des 30% au Parlement wallon, le MR juste derrière". 7sur7. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Pierre-Yves Dermagne nouveau chef de groupe PS au parlement wallon - RTBF Actus". RTBF (in French). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Pierre-Yves Dermagne, un socialiste "so British"". Le Soir (in French). 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  12. ^ "Budget fédéral : Pierre-Yves Dermagne (PS) défend l'idée d'une réduction collective du temps de travail". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.

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