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.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Luxembourg since 1 January 2015. A bill for the legalisation of same-sex marriages was enacted by the Chamber of Deputies on 18 June 2014 and signed into law by Grand Duke Henri on 4 July. Polling suggests that a majority of Luxembourgers support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. Luxembourg was the last Benelux country,the tenth in Europe and the sixteenth in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry nationwide.
Claude Meisch is a Luxembourgish politician with a degree in financial mathematics from Trier university. Meisch was appointed Minister of Education in 2013 in the government of Xavier Bettel,a post he held until 2023. He was appointed Minister of Education and Youth and as Minister of Housing in 2023 in the government of Luc Frieden He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and Mayor of Differdange since 2002. He was President of the Democratic Party (DP) from 2004 until 2013,of which he has been a member since 1994.
Luc Frieden is a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who serves as 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.
The Kronberg Academy is a private music school for string instrumentalists based in Kronberg im Taunus,Germany. Founded in 1993 by Raimund Trenkler,the academy trains a select group of young musicians who have the potential to build international careers as soloists and chamber musicians.
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 (1999–2013) and Mayor of Luxembourg City (2011–2013).
François Bausch is a Luxembourgish politician of the Greens who served as Second Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1989 to 1992,from 1994 to 2013 and from 2023 to 2024. Before entering the government in 2013 was leader of the Greens in the Chamber.
Jean-Claude Hollerich,S.J. is a Luxembourger Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Luxembourg since 2011. He was the president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) from March 2018 to 2023. He is a member of the Jesuits.
Émile Schaus was a Luxembourgian politician and writer.
The First Bettel Government was the ruling government of Luxembourg from 4 December 2013 to 5 December 2018. It was led by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider. It was formed on 4 December 2013,after the 2013 election which saw all 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies renewed. The government was a traffic light coalition between the Democratic Party (DP),the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) and The Greens. It was succeeded by second Bettel Government on 5 December 2018.
Peter Beyer is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009.
Michael Helmut Roth is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 27 September 1998.
The Law on euthanasia and assisted suicide is a law that came into force in 2009 in Luxembourg,legalising euthanasia.
Christophe Hansen is a Luxembourgish politician belonging to the Christian Social People's Party (CSV),of which he is Secretary-General.
Gerald Ullrich is a German electronics engineer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2017.
Samantha Tanson is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of Culture from December 2018 to November 2023 and the Minister of Justice from September 2019 to November 2023. She was also the Minister of Housing between December 2018 and October 2019.
Joëlle Elvinger is a lawyer and politician from Luxembourg. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2019.
Renée Wagener is a Luxembourgish journalist,sociologist,historian,and former politician. She served for 10 years in the Chamber of Deputies as a member of The Greens.
Serge Wilmes is a Luxembourgish politician of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV),serving as Minister of the Environment,Climate and Biodiversity and Minister of Public Service in the Frieden-Bettel Government. He was previously a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2011 to 2023 and an alderman of Luxembourg City from 2017 to 2023.
