Marcel Sauber

Last updated

Marcel Sauber (born 3 May 1939 in Echternach) [1] is a Luxembourgian politician. He is a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Centre constituency for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). He had been President of the Council of State and mayor of Walferdange.

Sauber was appointed a member of the Council of State on 28 June 1985, replacing Joseph Foog. [2] He was elected to the communal council of Walferdange in the 1987 election, sitting until the present day. In that time, he was mayor from 6 February 1995 until 31 December 1999. [1] Sauber ran for the Chamber of Deputies for Centre in the 1999 election, finishing twelfth of the CSV candidates, whilst six were elected. [3]

Having not been elected to the Chamber, Sauber was appointed Vice-President on 6 December 1999, and President of the Council of State on 15 January 2001, succeeding Raymond Kirsch. He served in this capacity until 11 March 2003, [2] when he resigned to take up the vacancy in the Chamber of Deputies left by the death of Willy Bourg in February. [4] He ran for re-election in 2004, finishing twelfth once more. [5] However, on the back of a CSV landslide, Sauber was promoted to take up one of the places vacated by government ministers, and has sat in the Chamber since then.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Marcel Sauber" (in French). Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 2004-12-25. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. 1 2 "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  3. "Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. Archived from the original on July 9, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  4. "Marcel Sauber wird Deputierter" (in German). Christian Social People's Party. 6 March 2003. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  5. "Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. Archived from the original on September 3, 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Council of State
2001–2003
Succeeded by



Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lydie Polfer</span> Luxembourgish politician

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 the constitution. Elections are held regularly, and are considered to be fair and free.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucien Lux</span>

Lucien Lux is a politician and trade unionist from Luxembourg. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Lux was in the government from 2004 until 2009, under Jean-Claude Juncker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claude Wiseler</span> Luxembourgish politician

Claude Wiseler is a Luxembourgish politician. He has been a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) since 1983, and served in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker until 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)</span> Constituency of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg

East 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 Echternach, Grevenmacher and Remich. The constituency currently elects seven of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2018 general election it had 36,595 registered electors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Centre (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)</span> Constituency of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg

Centre 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 Luxembourg and Mersch. The constituency currently elects 21 of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2018 general election it had 72,986 registered electors.

Paul Wilwertz was a Luxembourgish politician for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). He was Mayor of Luxembourg City for five years, as well as sitting in the Chamber of Deputies and holding positions in the government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claude Meisch</span>

Claude Meisch is a Luxembourg politician with a degree in financial mathematics from Trier university. Meisch was appointed Minister of Education in 2013 in the government of Xavier Bettel. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 1999 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.

Tessy Scholtes is a Luxembourgian karateka and politician.

Jean-Pierre Klein is a Luxembourgish politician for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) and jurist. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Centre constituency since the 1994 election. He is also the mayor of Steinsel: a position that he has held since 1 January 1988.

Marcel Glesener is a Luxembourgish politician and trade unionist. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), sitting in the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies.

Marie-Josée Meyers-Frank is a Luxembourgish politician. She has been a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) since 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xavier Bettel</span> Prime Minister of Luxembourg

Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician serving as Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 2013. He was previously a member of the Chamber of Deputies (1999–2013) and Mayor of Luxembourg City (2011–2013).

Guillaume 'Willy' Bourg was a Luxembourgish politician. He was a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), and sat in the Chamber of Deputies for eighteen years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laurent Mosar</span>

Laurent Mosar is a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and sits in the Chamber of Deputies. He was the President of the Chamber from 2009 to 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">François Bausch</span> Luxembourger politician

François Bausch is a Luxembourgish politician serving as Second Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 2019. He is a member of the Chamber of Deputies as well as an alderman and member of the communal council of Luxembourg City. He is leader of the Greens in the Chamber.

Emile Calmes is a Luxembourgish politician. He is the Mayor of Préizerdaul, having been a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1989 until 2007. He has been a member of the Democratic Party (DP) since 1982.

Jean-Pierre Koepp was a politician and restaurateur in Luxembourg. He was a representative of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), having been one of the ADR's founder-members and one of their first members of the Chamber of Deputies, in which he has sat between 1989 and 2009.

Paul-Henri Meyers is a Luxembourgish politician and jurist. He sits in the Chamber of Deputies, having previously been a Councillor of State. He has been a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) since 1966.

Lucien Thiel was a Luxembourgian politician and journalist. He was a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), whose group he led in the Chamber of Deputies from 1 March 2011 until his sudden death six months later.