List of ministers for defence of Luxembourg
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Minister for Defence of Luxembourg
)The minister for defence (
grand duke.[1]
The position has existed since 5 November 1937. From its creation until 6 February 1969, the position's name was Minister for the Armed Force (Ministre de la Force Armée).[2] From 1969 until 7 August 1999, the official title of the office was Minister for the Public Force (Ministre de la Force publique).[3] In 1999, the briefs of international cooperation and humanitarian relief were added to that of defence, creating the office of Minister for Cooperation, Humanitarian Action, and Defence (French: Ministre de la Coopération, de l’Action humanitaire, et de la Défense).[4] In 2004, the positions were separated again, creating the current title.[5]
List of ministers for defence
Minister | Party | Start date | End date | Prime Minister | ||
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Pierre Dupong | PD | 5 November 1937 | 23 November 1944 | Pierre Dupong | ||
CSV | 23 November 1944 | 1 March 1947 | ||||
Lambert Schaus | CSV | 1 March 1947 | 14 July 1948 | |||
Pierre Dupong | CSV | 14 July 1948 | 3 July 1951 | |||
Joseph Bech | CSV | 3 July 1951 | 29 December 1953 | |||
Pierre Werner | CSV | 29 December 1953 | 29 March 1958 | Joseph Bech | ||
29 March 1958 | 2 March 1959 | Pierre Frieden | ||||
Eugène Schaus | DP | 2 March 1959 | 15 July 1964 | Pierre Werner | ||
Marcel Fischbach | CSV | 15 July 1964 | 3 January 1967 | |||
Pierre Grégoire | CSV | 3 January 1967 | 6 February 1969 | |||
Eugène Schaus | DP | 6 February 1969 | 15 June 1974 | |||
Émile Krieps | DP | 15 June 1974 | 16 July 1979 | Gaston Thorn | ||
16 July 1979 | 20 July 1984 | Pierre Werner | ||||
Marc Fischbach | CSV | 20 July 1984 | 14 July 1989 | Jacques Santer | ||
Jacques Poos | LSAP | 14 July 1989 | 13 July 1994 | |||
Alex Bodry | LSAP | 13 July 1994 | 26 January 1995 | |||
26 January 1995 | 7 August 1999 | Jean-Claude Juncker | ||||
Charles Goerens | DP | 7 August 1999 | 31 July 2004 | |||
Luc Frieden | CSV | 31 July 2004 | 22 February 2006 | |||
Jean-Louis Schiltz | CSV | 22 February 2006 | 23 July 2009 | |||
Jean-Marie Halsdorf | CSV | 23 July 2009 | 4 December 2013 | |||
Etienne Schneider | LSAP | 4 December 2013 | 5 December 2018 | Xavier Bettel | ||
François Bausch | The Greens | 5 December 2018 | 17 November 2023 | |||
Yuriko Backes | DP | 17 November 2023 | Incumbent | Luc Frieden |
Footnotes
- ^ "Ministère des Affaires étrangères et de l'Immigration" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 29 May 2006. Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-16.
- ^ Thewes (2003), p. 105
- ^ "Mémorial A, 1969, No. 5" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
- ^ "Mémorial A, 1999, No. 113" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
- ^ "Mémorial A, 2004, No. 147" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
References
- Thewes, Guy (July 2003). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (Édition limitée ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 2-87999-118-8. Retrieved 2006-08-26.
- (in French and German) "Archives of Mémorial A". Service central de législation. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2006-08-26.