Philippe Moureaux (12 April 1939 – 15 December 2018[1]) was a Belgian politician, senator, mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Resigning from the Federal Government in 1993, Moureaux's coalition defeated the incumbent mayor of Molenbeek Léon Spiegels [fr] at the 1994 council elections.

In 2004, as a senator, Moureaux submitted the law granting the right of foreigners to vote in municipal elections.

In an open letter addressed to Moureaux, ten employees of this American advertising agency cited over 150 attacks on their staff by locals as principal reason for their departure.

[2] As a result, serious questions have been raised about governance, security, and the administration of Mayor Moureaux.