Jean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourgish politician who was the 23rd prime minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013 and 12th president of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019. He also was Finance Minister from 1989 to 2009 and President of the Eurogroup from 2005 to 2013.
The Christian Social People's Party is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian democratic and conservative ideology and has been described as centre to centre-right. Furthermore,akin to most parties in Luxembourg,it is strongly pro-European. The CSV is a member of the Christian Group,European People's Party,and the Centrist Democrat International.
The Democratic Party,is the major social-liberal political party in Luxembourg. One of the three major parties,the DP sits on the centre to centre-right,holding moderate market liberal views combined with a strong emphasis on civil liberties,human rights,and internationalism.
Lydie Polfer is a Luxembourgish politician who has served in a number of capacities,including Deputy Prime Minister,Minister for Foreign Affairs,and Mayor of Luxembourg City,as well as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She is a member of the Democratic Party (DP).
Elections in Luxembourg are held to determine the political composition of the representative institutions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a liberal representative democracy,with universal suffrage guaranteed under its constitution. Elections are held regularly,and are considered to be fair and free.
Claude Turmes is a Luxembourgish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 until 2018. He is a member of the Green Party,part of the European Green Party.
Frédérique Ries is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
North is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies,the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the cantons of Clervaux,Diekirch,Redange,Vianden and Wiltz. The constituency currently elects nine of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 general election it had 52,922 registered electors.
Luc Frieden is a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who is the 25th prime minister of Luxembourg since November 2023. A member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV),he held numerous cabinet positions in the Luxembourgish government between 1998 and 2013,notably serving as the minister for the Treasury and Budget during the transition from the Franc to the Euro and as minister of Finance during the European debt crisis. Frieden was president of the Luxembourgish Chamber of Commerce and Eurochambres,the business federation of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Dominique Riquet is a French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the 2009 to 2024,representing the North-West constituency. From 2002 until 2012,he was also the mayor of Valenciennes.
Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician who serves as the 14th deputy prime minister of Luxembourg and as the minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as the 24th prime minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to 2023. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and mayor of Luxembourg City from 2011 to 2013.
Sirpa Pietikäinen is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a former member of the National Coalition Party,part of the European People's Party.
Nathalie Lydie Jeanne Loiseau is a French politician,diplomat and academic administrator who has served as a Member of European Parliament since 2019. Previously she was director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) from 2012 to 2017 and served as the French Minister for European Affairs from 21 June 2017 to 27 March 2019. She was the top candidate of the La République En Marche electoral list in the 2019 European elections.
Monica Semedo is a former Luxembourgish TV presenter and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament after being elected in 2019.
Christophe Hansen is a Luxembourgish politician belonging to the Christian Social People's Party (CSV),of which he is Secretary-General.
Marc Angel is a Luxembourgish politician of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) who has been serving as vice-president of the European Parliament since 18 January 2023,and a Member of the European Parliament since 10 December 2019. In the European Parliament he is known for being a "Champion of Equality".
Volt Luxembourg is a political party in Luxembourg. It is an internal section of Volt Europa and was founded in 2018. It received 2.11% of the vote in the 2019 European elections,which meant that the party did not win a mandate.
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 8 October 2023 to elect all 60 seats of the Chamber of Deputies.
Yuriko Nadia Backes is a Luxembourgish diplomat and politician who serves as Minister for Defence and Minister for Mobility and Public Transport since 2023. She served as Minister for Finances from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she has led the nation's financial sector through the economic crisis caused by the inflation surge and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prior to her appointment as minister,she held several key diplomatic positions,and was the diplomatic advisor to prime ministers Jean-Claude Juncker and Xavier Bettel.
Christos Floros is a Greek-born Luxembourgish politician,civil rights campaigner and architect. He is a member of the Democratic Party (DP). As of October 2024,he leads the International wing of the party. He was a candidate in the 2024 European Elections for Member of the European Parliament.
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