Paul Van Tigchelt (born 13 November 1973) is a Belgian politician from Open VLD who served as the Federal Minister of Justice and the North Sea in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo from 22 October 2023 to 3 February 2025.

[1] Van Tigchelt was born on 13 November 1973 in Weelde, Antwerp, Belgium, where his parents owned a bakery.

[2] Van Tigchelt's first experience in national politics was as an advisor and later deputy Chef de Cabinet and spokesperson for (former) Open VLD Minister of the Interior Patrick Dewael from 2003 to 2008.

After this, Van Tigchelt returned to practicing law and served as assistant public prosecutor with the Tribunal of first instance in Antwerp from 2010 to 2014.

Van Tigchelt served as director of anti terror organization OCAD from January 2016 to October 2020.