Frieden, Luc
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)
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.
