He was a member of the town council of Beveren-Waas from 1989 to 1997 and a member of the province council of East Flanders (1991–1994).
He served as Belgium's Commissioner General for refugees and stateless people (2001–2003). In 2003 he became Secretary of State in the government of the Brussels-Capital Region with the competences of Mobility, the Civil Service, Fire Department, Urgent Medical Assistance and chairman of the Flemish Community Commission with the competences of Culture, Sport, the Civil Service and Media.
After the regional elections of 2004 Pascal Smet became a minister. From 2004 to 2009 he was minister in the government of the Brussels-Capital Region. He dealt with mobility and public works in the Brussels capital region. He was also competent for culture, sport and youth for the Flemish community in Brussels. From 2006 to 2018, he was a member of the city council of the City of Brussels. Until 2012 he was also Schepen for Public Works, in name only, as the position was incompatible with his government functions. After the 2009 regional elections, the SP.a was ousted from the Brussels government and on 13 July 2009 Smet became then a member of the Peeters II Government as Flemish Minister for Education, Youth, Equal Opportunities and Brussels Affairs.
In the 2014 regional elections he ran for the Brussels Parliament, after which he became Minister of Mobility and Public Works in the Brussels-Capital government again. After the 2019 regional elections he became Secretary of State for Urbanism and Heritage, European and International Relations, Foreign Trade and Fire fighting and Emergency medical Assistance.
^Hope, Alan (28 June 2011). . Flanders Today. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^Lars Bové (12 July 2022). "Uber's lobby machine bij Brusselse politiek blootgelegd" [Uber's lobbying machine revelations in Brussels politics]. De Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^Jan De Schampelaere (18 June 2023). "Brussels staatssecretaris Pascal Smet (Vooruit) neemt ontslag als gevolg van de heisa rond de aanwezigheid van de burgemeester van Teheran in Brussel voorbije week" [Pascal Smet resigns after commotion caused by the presence of the mayor of Tehran in Brussels last week]. De Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^"Minister in Brussels region government resigns over Tehran mayor invite". Politico. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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