Georges-Louis Bouchez

Georges-Louis Bouchez (GLB) (born 23 March 1986) is a Belgian politician and lawyer. Since 2019 he has served as a Senator and leader of Mouvement réformateur. Early life Bouchez was born in Frameries on 23 March 1986 to modest, self-employed parents. His grandparents were soldiers and mine workers originally from Italy. He grew up in Colfontaine and Quaregnon, and attended l’École des Cannoniers in Mons from 1992 to 1998 and Collège Saint Stanislas in Mons for his secondary studies, where he graduated in 2004. Bouchez studied law with a minor in political science at the Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles from 2004 to 2007 and received his Master's in public law from the Université libre de Bruxelles two years later. His dissertation, under the guidance of Prof Marc Uyttendaele, was entitled « Suite à la polémique de l’affaire Fortis : Jusqu’où la nécessité politique peut-elle aller dans la violation des règles de droit ? ». Political career After finishing his graduate studies in 2009, he began to work in the office of Cabinet minister Didier Reynders as an advisor. At the same time, he worked as a legal assistant at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur and later was appointed the law practice officer at UMons.