Frieden, Luc

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Name: Luc Frieden, Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies

Years active: 1994 -

Party: Christian Social People’s Party (Chrëschtlech-Sozial Vollekspartei)

Constituency: Centre


Roles

  • Member of the Christian Social People's Party since 1993
  • Vice-President of the Commission on Finance and Budget since 2013
  • Member of the Commission on Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Cooperation and Immigration since 2013
  • Member of the Interparliamentarian Conference on the Financial and Economical Governance of EU since 2013
  • Minister of Communications and Media in 2013
  • Minister of Finance (2009-2013)
  • Minister of Defence, Treasury and Budget, Justice (2004-2009)
  • Minister of Treasury and Budget, Justice, (1999-2004)
  • Minister of Relations with Parliament, Budget and Justice (1998-1999)


Education

He studied Business Law at the University of Paris I-Pantheon Sorbonne, where he graduated in 1986. In 1987 he got a master in Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy from the University of Cambridge and in 1988 he got a master in Law from the Harvard Law School in United States, with the thesis title: "Media Newsgathering by Satellites".

History

Luc Frieden was born in Esch-sur-Alzette on 26th September 1963. Besides politics he has been working as barrister in Luxembourg (1989 – 1998) and as lecturer in Luxembourg Public Law at the University Centre of Luxembourg. He also contributes to RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg and is a Fellow of the Moral and Political Science Section of the Grand Ducal Institute. He published several articles on banking law and constitutional law.


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