- List of Ministers for Defence of Luxembourg
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The Minister for Defence (French: Ministre de la Défense) is a position in the Luxembourgian cabinet. Among other competences, the Minister for Defence is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and deployment of the armed forces, for veterans, for aiding in the execution of the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, the 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 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 Present day 
Footnotes
- ^ (French) "Ministère des Affaires étrangères et de l'Immigration". Service Information et Presse. 29 May 2006. http://www.gouvernement.lu/ministeres/mae.html. Retrieved 2006-08-16.
- ^ Thewes (2003), p. 105
- ^ (French) "Mémorial A, 1969, No. 5" (PDF). Service central de législation. http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1969/0050802/0050802.pdf#page=2. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
- ^ (French) "Mémorial A, 1999, No. 113" (PDF). Service central de législation. http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1999/1131208/1131208.pdf#page=2. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
- ^ (French) "Mémorial A, 2004, No. 147" (PDF). Service central de législation. http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2004/1471108/1471108.pdf#page=2. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
References
- Thewes, Guy (July 2003) (in French) (PDF). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (Édition limitée ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 2-87999-118-8. http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/download/gouvernements_1848_2.pdf. Retrieved 2006-08-26.
- (French)/(German) "Archives of Mémorial A". Service central de législation. http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/index.php. Retrieved 2006-08-26.
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