Jean Asselborn

Jean Asselborn (* April 27, 1949 in Stone Fort, Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourgian politician. He is a member of the Socialist Lëtzebuerger Esch Arbechterpartei (LSAP ). Since 30 July 2004, it is Luxembourg's Foreign Minister, until December 2013, he was also Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

Political career

Jean Asselborn left school in 1967 and began his career as an employee of Uniroyal. He was involved in the union movement and became the representative of the youth department of the Luxembourg Workers Association, the predecessor of today's Onofhängegen union Bonds Luxemburg selected.

In 1968, Jean Asselborn municipality employee of the City of Luxembourg, but moved in 1969 back to stone fort to there as well to work as an employee of the municipality. 1976 visited Jean Asselborn night classes and received his diplôme de fin d' études secondaires (equivalent to the German Abitur ) of the Atheneum Luxembourg. He then became chief administrator of the inter-municipal hospital of Stone Fort.

Asselborn enrolled in Law at the University of Nancy II a. His diploma in private law he received in October 1981. Asselborn From 1982 to 2004 was mayor of his hometown of Stone Fort. In 1984 he was elected for the first time in the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies. He became chairman of the Parlementsfraktion Lëtzebuerger socialist Esch Aarbechterpartei (LSAP ) 1989. 1997 to 2004 he was chairman of the party.

From 1999 to 2004, Jean Asselborn Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies. At the same time, he was from 2000 to 2004 Member of the Committee of the Regions and Vice- President of the Party of European Socialists. On July 31, 2004 Jean Asselborn joined the government in the position of Vice - Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration. In December 2013, the Etienne Schneider was succeeded by Vice - Prime Minister.

Private

Jean Asselborn is married to Sylvie Huber since 1980. They have two daughters, Anne, born in 1982, and Julie, born in 1987.

Honors

For his outstanding contributions to the German -Luxembourg relations and the close European political cooperation between Germany and Luxembourg, he was awarded on 14 December 2010 with the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.