Maxime Patrick Robert Albert Prévot (French pronunciation: [maksim pʁevo]; born 9 April 1978) is a Belgian politician of the Les Engagés party who has been serving as a Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation in the De Wever Government since february 2025.
[1][2] Prévot studied political science at the University of Namur and then completed a law conversion course at UCLouvain before working for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Prévot entered his name in the leadership race and was subsequently elected as the party's new president with 85% of the vote.
Prévot has been described as coming from the more centre-right camp of the cdH with some of his ideas being close to those of the Mouvement Réformateur.
[9] Following poor results for the cdH during the 2019 elections, Prévot announced a plan to rejuvenate and reorganize the party, including updating its policies and changing its identity and branding.