| Deputy Prime Minister of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | |
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| Luxembourgish:Vize-Premierminister vu Lëtzebuerg French:Vice-Premier ministre luxembourgeois German:Vize-Premierminister von Luxemburg | |
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| Executive branch of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | |
| Style | Mr. Deputy Prime Minister (informal) The Honourable (formal) |
| Status | Second highest executive branch officer |
| Member of | |
| Seat | Luxembourg City |
| Appointer | Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
| Formation | 2 March 1959; 66 years ago (1959-03-02) |
| First holder | Eugène Schaus |
| Unofficial names | Vice Prime Minister "Vize Premier" |
| Website | gouvernement.lu |
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Thedeputy prime minister of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish:Vize-Premierminister vu Lëtzebuerg,lit. 'Vice-Prime Minister of Luxembourg') is the second-highest position in the government ofLuxembourg. The deputy serves a vital function in Luxembourg's collegiate cabinet system, deputises for theprime minister when he is absent, represents his or her own political party, and holds other government positions.
Since the position was created, in 1959, almost all governments have beencoalitions of two of the three major parties: theChristian Social People's Party (CSV), theLuxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), and theDemocratic Party (DP). The current government consists of the CSV and the DP. The deputy prime minister has always been a leading politician from the junior coalition partner. DuringXavier Bettel'ssecond term as Prime Minister (2018-2023), the position was shared by a First and Second Deputy Prime Minister, representing the two junior partners in the coalition respectively (theLSAP anddéi Gréng).
Since 1989, the title ofDeputy Prime Minister has been an official one,[1] although the position had been unofficially known by that name since its creation. From the position's creation until 1989, the deputy prime minister went by the title ofVice-President of the Government. This mirrored the prime minister's title, which wasPresident of the Government until 1989.[2] The nameVice Prime Minister is also used.
| Deputy Prime Minister | Party | Start date | End date | Reason for departure | Prime Minister | Government | |||
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| Deputy Prime Minister (since 2 March 1959) | |||||||||
 | Eugène Schaus | DP | 2 March 1959 | 15 July 1964 | Coalition partner changed[3] | Pierre Werner | Werner-Schaus I | ||
%2c_voorzitter_sectie_Nederla%2c_Bestanddeelnr_930-2606_(cropped).jpg) | Henry Cravatte | LSAP | 15 July 1964 | 6 February 1969 | Coalition partner changed[4] | Werner-Cravatte | |||
| Eugène Schaus | DP | 6 February 1969 | 15 June 1974 | Government lost election[5] | Werner-Schaus II | |||
 | Raymond Vouel | LSAP | 15 June 1974 | 21 July 1976 | Appointed toEC Commission[5] | Gaston Thorn | Thorn | ||
 | Bernard Berg | LSAP | 21 July 1976 | 16 July 1979 | Government lost election[6] | Thorn | |||
 | Gaston Thorn | DP | 16 July 1979 | 22 November 1980 | AppointedEC President[7] | Pierre Werner | Werner-Thorn-Flesch | ||
.jpg) | Colette Flesch | DP | 22 November 1980 | 20 July 1984 | Coalition partner changed[8] | Werner-Thorn-Flesch | |||
.jpg) | Jacques Poos | LSAP | 20 July 1984 | 26 January 1995 | Coalition partner changed[9] | Jacques Santer | Santer-Poos I,II andIII | ||
| 26 January 1995 | 7 August 1999 | Jean-Claude Juncker | Juncker-Poos | ||||||
 | Lydie Polfer | DP | 7 August 1999 | 31 July 2004 | Coalition partner changed | Juncker-Polfer | |||
._Arrivals_Jean_Asselborn_(36927346612)_CROPPED.jpg) | Jean Asselborn | LSAP | 31 July 2004 | 4 December 2013 | Resigned | Juncker–Asselborn I andII | |||
| Xavier Bettel | DP | 17 November 2023 | Incumbent | Luc Frieden | Frieden-Bettel Government | |||
| First Deputy Prime Minister (4 December 2013 – 17 November 2023) | |||||||||
_Urmas_Reinsalu_and_Etienne_Schneider_(34915138884)_-_crop_Schneider.jpg) | Etienne Schneider | LSAP | 4 December 2013 | 4 February 2020 | Resigned | Xavier Bettel | Bettel I andII | ||
 | Dan Kersch | LSAP | 4 February 2020 | 5 January 2022 | Resigned | Bettel II | |||
.jpg) | Paulette Lenert | LSAP | 5 January 2022 | 17 November 2023 | Government lost election | Bettel II | |||
| Second Deputy Prime Minister (5 December 2018 – 17 November 2023) | |||||||||
.jpg) | Félix Braz | DG | 5 December 2018 | 11 October 2019 | Health | Xavier Bettel | Bettel II | ||
_CROPPED_Bausch.jpg) | François Bausch | DG | 11 October 2019 | 17 November 2023 | Government lost election | Bettel II | |||
