Luc Frieden

The Honourable Luc Frieden
Frieden in 2024
25th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 November 2023
Monarch	Henri
Deputy	Xavier Bettel
Preceded by	Xavier Bettel
Minister of Finances
In office 23 July 2009 – 4 December 2013
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Jean-Claude Juncker
Succeeded by	Pierre Gramegna
Minister of Defence
In office 31 July 2004 – 22 February 2006
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Charles Goerens
Succeeded by	Jean-Louis Schiltz
Minister of Justice
In office 30 January 1998 – 23 July 2009
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Marc Fischbach
Succeeded by	François Biltgen
Minister of the Treasury and Budget
In office 30 January 1998 – 23 July 2009
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Marc Fischbach
Succeeded by	Jean-Claude Juncker
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 24 October 2023 – 17 November 2023
Constituency	Centre
In office 5 December 2013 – 15 September 2014
Constituency	Centre
In office 12 June 1994 – 30 January 1998
Constituency	Centre
President of the Christian Social People’s Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2024
Preceded by	Elisabeth Margue
Personal details
Born	(1963-09-16) 16 September 1963 (age 61) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Political party	Christian Social People's Party
Spouse	Marjolijne Droogleever Fortuyn ​ ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Luxembourg Pantheon-Sorbonne University Queens' College, Cambridge Harvard University
Occupation	Politician • lawyer • banker • financier

Luc Frieden (Luxembourgish pronunciation: [luk ˈfʀi.dən]; born 16 September 1963) is a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who is the 25th prime minister of Luxembourg since November 2023. A member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), he held numerous cabinet positions in the Luxembourgish government between 1998 and 2013, notably serving as the minister for the Treasury and Budget during the transition from the Franc to the Euro and as minister of Finance during the European debt crisis. Frieden was president of the Luxembourgish Chamber of Commerce and Eurochambres, the business federation of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

In early 2023, he was elected to be the lead candidate of the CSV for the general elections in October. He led his party to victory, slightly increasing its vote share and maintaining its 21 seats, while the incumbent Bettel II Government lost its majority due to the decline of The Greens. Consequently, on 9 October 2023, he was appointed by Grand Duke Henri to form a new coalition government, and succeeded Xavier Bettel as prime minister on 17 November where Bettel became the deputy prime minister and minister for Foreign Affairs.^[1]