User:Berangj/Magali Plovie

Magali Plovie, born August 4th 1976 in Ixelles, is a Belgian politician, member of Ecolo.

Early life and career
She has a Master’s degree in law from ULB.

For nearly 10 years, she worked in the cabinet of Brussels-based minister Evelyne Huytebroeck as her advisor in matters related to education.

She then returned to civil society to work in the Centre for the Fight Against Poverty.

Political career
She first served a brief term as MP in the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region during the 5th legislature (between 2012 and 2014) as a replacement to Vincent Vanhalewyn, after his replacement of Sarah Turine, and then again during the 6th legislature (11th of June 2014 to 20 of July 2014).

She returned a third time to the Brussels hemicycle in 2017, replacing Isabelle Durant.

In May 2019, she was elected as MP. She became the president of the French-speaking Parliament of Brussels in July of 2019 (Assembly of the French Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region, also known as CoCoF).

She also serves as an Ecolo Group Leader at the communal council of Forest since 2018, where she has been communal councillor since 2012.

Political mandates

 * 01/03/2007 - 28/02/2013: CPAS councillor of Forest (administrator at the Forest Residence as a representative of the CPAS);
 * Since 03/12/2012: communal councillor of Forest
 * From 30/06/2017 to 11/06/2019 (as a replacement to Isabelle Durant), then again from 20/12/2012 to 25/05/2014 (as a replacement to Vincent Vanhalewyn who in turn was replacing Sarah Turine) and finally from 11/06/2014 to 20/07/2014 (as a replacement to Evelyne Huytebroeck ): Brussels MP;
 * Since November 2019: Ecolo Group Leader at the communal council of Forest;
 * Since 18/07/2019: President of Assembly of the French Community Commission (French-speaking Parliament of Brussels).

Political advances
In March 2019, while presiding over the Advisory Committee on Gender Equality, Magali Plovie submitted several recommendations aimed at making public space more equalitarian, denouncing sexism in public space and cyberbullying.

In July 2019, when she was sworn in as President to the French-speaking Parliament of Brussels, she announced from the outset her will to put democracy at the heart of her mandate.

In December 2019, Plovie initiated a political project of deliberative committees in both the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region and the French-speaking Parliament of Brussels. The deliberative committees are committees made up of ¼ of MPs and ¾ of randomly drawn citizens who, together, deliberate in order to submit recommendations to Parliament. IT is the first time such a committee has ever existed and marks a major advance for democratic innovation. A world premiere !