Jean Asselborn
Jean Asselborn | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg | |
| In office 31 July 2004 – 4 December 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Lydie Polfer |
| Succeeded by | Etienne Schneider |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1949 Steinfort, Luxembourg |
| Political party | Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | Nancy 2 University |
Jean Asselborn (pronounced
Early life and career
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Jean Asselborn was born on 27 April 1949 in Steinfort.
Asselborn left school in 1967 at the age of 18, and began working in a
In 1968, Asselborn began working for the Luxembourg City administration as a civil servant, before returning to Steinfort in 1969, where he was also employed as a civil servant for the local administration.
Asselborn resumed his secondary studies in 1976, obtaining a diplôme de fin d’études secondaires from the Athénée de Luxembourg that same year. Upon obtaining his final secondary school diploma, he became the administrator of the Intercommunal Hospital of Steinfort (Hôpital intercommunal de Steinfort) in 1976, a post he held until 2004. In October 1981, he was awarded a master's degree in private judicial law from Nancy 2 University.
Asselborn became Mayor of Steinfort in 1982 and served in that position until 2004.
In government
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Following the legislative elections of 13 June 2004, Jean Asselborn joined the government as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration on 31 July 2004.
Upon the return of the coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) as a result of the legislative elections of 7 June 2009, Jean Asselborn retained the offices of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 July 2009. In October 2012, at his instigation, Luxembourg was for the first time elected to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2013 and 2014.
Following the legislative elections of 20 October 2013, Asselborn was appointed Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister of Immigration and Asylum on 4 December 2013 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the LSAP and the Green Party (“déi gréng”).
As of July 2004, Asselborn represents the Luxembourg government at the Council of Ministers of the European Union in its Foreign Affairs and General Affairs configurations. Jean Asselborn is currently the longest-serving minister among the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union.
Political views
In September 2010 Jean Asselborn declined a request of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) to make Luxembourgish an official language of the European Union citing financial reasons and also that German and French being already official languages would be sufficient for the needs of Luxembourg.[4]
In early September 2016, Asselborn called for
In March 2018, Asselborn condemned the
Asselborn doubted that the
In September 2023, Asselborn condemned Azerbaijan's military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh. He also stressed that military operations in populated areas must immediately stop to protect the lives of civilians, and Azerbaijan must abide by its international commitments.[8]
Honorary distinctions
In December 2010, Jean Asselborn was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Großkreuz des Verdienstordens) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In October 2013, he was appointed Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur) of the French Republic.
See also
- Juncker-Asselborn I Government(2004–2009)
- Juncker-Asselborn II Government(2009–2013 )
- Bettel I Government (2013–2018)
- Bettel II Government (2018–2023)
- List of foreign ministers in 2017
- List of current foreign ministers
References
- ^ CV at government website Archived 28 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Jean Asselborn fait ses adieux à la politique". Le Quotidien (in French). 2024-01-19.
- ^ "Survey reveals Luxembourg's top ten politicians". 31 July 2023.
- ^ "De l'usage de la langue luxembourgeoise dans le contexte européen : Une question parlementaire de Fernand Kartheiser - Europaforum Luxembourg - Septembre 2010".
- ^ "Hungary 'should be excluded from EU'". BBC News. 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Was Erdogan macht, hat nichts mit Selbstverteidigung zu tun". Der Spiegel. 19 March 2018.
- ^ Ahren, Raphael (16 August 2020). "Luxembourg FM: UAE 'let down' the Palestinians with Israel deal". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Asselborn: I condemn in the strongest possible terms Azerbaijan's military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh". news.am. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
External links
- Jean Asselborn at IMDb
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