Luc Frieden

Luc Frieden (born 16 September 1963 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). He has been Minister for Justice and Minister for the Treasury and Budget since 1998.

In the capacity of Minister for the Treasury and Budget, Frieden was responsible for the successful introduction of the euro as replacement for the Luxembourgish franc. Since then, many of his responsibilities, as minister for both the Treasury and Justice, have related to the fall-out from the Clearstream Affair. Frieden is seen as one of the potential successors for the present Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker.

In early 2007, speaking after an EU debate on violent video games, Frieden suggested that "Access to children should be cut off ... We have to ban some games"." [http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/technology/16473029.htm EU to study ways to keep violent video games from kids] ." "Associated Press", January 16, 2007.]

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s-ttl|title=Minister for Justice
years=1998–
-s-ttl|title=Minister for Defence
years=2004–2006

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