Political Career
After retiring as a footballer, Wilmots went into politics and became a member of the Belgian Senate, for the French-speaking liberal party, the Reformist Movement (Mouvement Réformateur or MR). His political career is not considered very successful. In 2005, he announced that he wanted to resign as a senator, a rather unconventional, and criticized constitutional move.
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