List of presidents of the Council of State of Luxembourg

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The president of the Council of State is the leader of Luxembourg's Council of State.

The president is appointed by the grand duke, along with two vice presidents, and the appointment lasts for one year (although it can be renewed). The president of the Council of State must be either a member of the Council of State or the grand duke himself. However, to date, the latter option has never been taken, and it has become convention that the grand duke cannot be the president.

Note that the position has often been left vacant, so few of the successions were immediate.

List of presidents

List of presidents since 1857 [1]
PresidentStart dateEnd date
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine 28 Nov 185710 Apr 1868
Charles-Mathias Simons 5 Jan 18695 Jan 1870
François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet 16 Feb 187016 Feb 1871
Vendelin Jurion 15 Mar 187115 Mar 1872
Édouard Thilges (1st time)25 Jul 187229 Jul 1874
Emmanuel Servais 27 Dec 18748 Nov 1887
Henri Vannérus (1st time)15 Feb 188815 Feb 1889
Édouard Thilges (2nd time)15 Feb 188923 May 1895
Henri Vannérus (2nd time)23 May 189528 Dec 1914
Victor Thorn (1st time)28 Dec 19143 Mar 1915
Victor Thorn (2nd time)6 Nov 191524 Feb 1916
Mathias Mongenast 1 Apr 191619 Jun 1917
Victor Thorn (3rd time)19 Jun 191715 Sep 1930
Joseph Steichen 27 Feb 193120 Feb 1932
Ernest Hamélius 10 Jun 193216 Nov 1945
Léon Kauffmann 14 Dec 194514 Feb 1952
Félix Welter 14 Feb 195230 Jun 1969
Maurice Sevenig 1 Jul 196926 Jun 1975
Emile Raus 26 Jun 197525 Jun 1976
Albert Goldmann 26 Jun 19764 Dec 1976
Ferdinand Wirtgen 20 Dec 197630 Sep 1978
Roger Maul 1 Oct 197816 Sep 1979
Alex Bonn 21 Sep 197918 Jun 1980
François Goerens 20 Jun 19802 Aug 1987
Ernest Arendt 6 Aug 19876 Aug 1988
Georges Thorn 6 Aug 198830 Oct 1991
Jean Dupong 1 Nov 199118 May 1994
Paul Beghin 19 May 199431 Dec 1999
Raymond Kirsch 14 Jan 200013 Jan 2001
Marcel Sauber 15 Jan 200111 Mar 2003
Pierre Mores 29 Apr 200330 Sep 2007
Alain Meyer 1 Oct 200714 Nov 2009
Georges Schroeder 17 Nov 20097 Jun 2012
Victor Gillen 7 Aug 201220 Dec 2014
Viviane Ecker 23 Dec 201428 Mar 2016
Georges Wivenes 30 Mar 201631 Mar 2019
Agnès Durdu 1 Apr 20196 Apr 2021
Christophe Schiltz 7 Apr 20216 Apr 2024
Marc Thewes 7 Apr 2024Present day

See also

  1. "Présidents depuis 1857". Conseil d'État. Retrieved 2026-01-30.