Council of State of Luxembourg
| Staatsrot Conseil d'État Staatsrat | ||
Grand duke of Luxembourg | Henri | |
| Website | conseil-etat.public.lu | |
|---|---|---|
The Council of State (
Government. Until 1 January 1997, it was also the country's supreme administrative court, but this function was ceded to the newly created Administrative Tribunal and Administrative Court.[1]
The Council of State was created by
Coup of 1856. It was originally entirely appointed by the Grand Duke, but this was changed in 1866, and, despite the roll-back of many changes brought about by the coup, the Council of State has otherwise remained.[2]
Composition
The Council of State is composed of twenty-one councillors, who are appointed by the
heir
to the Grand Duchy, who may be appointed upon being granted that title up until his appointed as Lieutenant-Représentant of the Grand Duke.
Current councillors
As of 1 January 2016[update], the members of the Council of State are:[4][5]
| Position | Name | Nominator[6] | Councillor since[7] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
President
|
Georges Wivenes | CSV | 1 August 2006 | |
| Vice Presidents | Agnès Durdu | DP | 7 April 2006 | |
| Albert Rodesch | LSAP | 13 February 2003 | ||
| Councillors | Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke | Grand Duke
|
10 June 2006 | |
| Romain Nati | LSAP | 15 October 2004 | ||
| René Kollwelter | LSAP | 29 April 2005 | ||
| Marc Schaefer | LSAP | 18 December 2006 | ||
| Patrick Santer | CSV | 27 April 2009 | ||
| Lydie Lorang | CSV[8] | 1 February 2010 | ||
| Charles Lampers | CSV[9] | 28 February 2011 | ||
| Martine Deprez | CSV | 31 October 2012 | ||
| Christophe Schiltz | LSAP | 28 November 2013 | ||
| Lucien Lux | LSAP | 24 December 2013 | ||
| Mike Mathias | Greens | 28 April 2014 | ||
| Alain Kinsch | DP | 4 February 2015 | ||
| Marc Thewes | CSV | 4 February 2015 | ||
| Jeannot Nies | CSV | 11 May 2015 | ||
| Sam Tanson | Greens | 7 June 2015 | ||
| Dan Theisen | DP | 10 June 2015 | ||
| Héloïse Bock | DP | 25 July 2015 | ||
| Marc Colas | CSV | 27 November 2015 | ||
| Isabelle Schlesser | 1 July 2016 | |||
Footnotes
- ^ Marc Feyereisen. "Report for Luxembourg" (PDF). Association of Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ^ Christiane Huberty (November 2006). "Le Conseil d'État – un produit du conflit constitutionnel du milieu du XIXe siècle" (PDF) (in French). forum.lu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "Composition" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ "Membres" (PDF) (in French). Council of State. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). 7 July 2017.
- ^ "On achève bien les chevaux" (PDF). Forum 261 (in French). Forum. 10 November 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ Zeimet, Laurent (14 January 2010). "Wird Lydie Lorang neues Mitglied des Staatsrates?". Luxemburger Wort (in German). Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Neues Mitglied für Staatsrat steht fest". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 15 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
External links
- Council of State official website (in French)