Marie-Claire Houard is a Belgian civil servant from the city of Liège committed to preserving the unity of Belgium amidst the ongoing political crisis. She organized a protest march of 35,000 on 18 November 2007 and her petition supporting Belgian unity was signed by more than 100,000 people.[1] In 2000 she was dismissed from her job at the Post for having stolen 5000 euro from elderly people.[2]