Marie-Christine Marghem


Marie-Christine E. F. Marghem is a Walloon Belgian politician. She is currently Federal Minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development in the Michel Government.

Education

She received her degree of Law from the University of Liège. She soon after founded her own law firm in 1987.

Political career

Marghem began her political career by appearing on the lists of the Christian Social Party in the local elections of 1994 in Tournai. She was elected and became municipal councillor.
She then left the PSC when Gérard Deprez founded the Citizens' Movement for Change.
In the October 2006 local elections, she received 4840 preference votes, the highest score.
As part of her parliamentary activities, Marghem stands out nationally for her work in the Commission on sexual abuse and the Commission related to the collapse of the Dexia bank.
In the October 2012 local elections, Marghem obtained 7911 votes. The MR gets 12 seats and Marghem becomes 1st deputy mayor under a majority agreement with the PSC.
In the federal election of 25 May 2014, she was elected with more than 21 000 votes. On 11 October 2014, she took the oath before King Philip as Minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development in the Michel Government. She has to manage the sensitive issue of energy transition. She is also the minister responsible for the Federal Institute for Sustainable Development.

Offices held