Mr. Pascal Smet studied law at the University of Antwerp. At the age of seventeen, he joined up with the Flemish Socialist Party. By the time he was about twenty, Pascal was actively involved in politics, becoming a municipal councillor in Beveren and a member of the Provincial Council of Eastern Flanders. He was also made President of the young socialists.

 

He worked at the Commissariat-General for Refugees and Stateless Persons. In 2000, he was made Commissioner-General. In September 2003, he was offered the position of Brussels State Secretary in charge of Mobility.

 

After the elections in June 2004, Pascal Smet became Minister for Mobility and Public Works of the Brussels Government. Currently he is the Flemish Minister responsible for Education, Youth, Equal Opportunities and Brussels.