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Claude Wiseler

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Claude Wiseler
Wiseler in January 2024
40th President of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
21 November 2023
Preceded byFernand Etgen
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
5 December 2013
In office
13 July 1999 – 30 July 2004
37th President of the Christian Social People's Party
In office
24 April 2021 – 27 November 2023
Preceded byFrank Engel
Succeeded byElisabeth Margue
Minister of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
In office
23 July 2009 – 4 December 2013
Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byFernand Boden (Rural development)
Succeeded byFrançois Bausch
Minister of Civil Service, Administrative Reform and Public Works
In office
31 July 2004 – 23 July 2009
Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byLydie Polfer (Public service and Administrative reform)
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (Public works)
Succeeded byFrançois Biltgen
Personal details
Born (1960-01-30) 30 January 1960 (age 64)
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
NationalityLuxembourger
Political partyChristian Social People's Party
SpouseIsabel Wiseler-Santos Lima
Children3
Alma materAthénée de Luxembourg
Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Profession
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Claude Wiseler (born on 30 January 1960 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish politician, serving as the current and 40th President of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies since 21 November 2023 and who served as President of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) from 2021 to 2023.[1]

He has been a CSV member since 1983,[2] and served in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker until 2013.

He attended the Athénée de Luxembourg, before studying literature in Paris. He returned to the Athénée to teach language in 1983, which he continued to do until 1988. From 1987 to 1999, he served as an adviser to the government on educational issues.[2] He became General Secretary of the Christian Social People's Party in 1995.[3]

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1999 election, finishing sixth amongst CSV candidates in the Centre constituency, where six CSV deputies were elected.[4] In the communal elections of October 1999, Wiseler was elected to Luxembourg City's communal council in third-place amongst CSV candidates (six were elected);[5] he was appointed as an échevin in the DP-CSV administration, and served in this position from 1st January, 2000 until 30 July, 2004.[2]

He was comfortably re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2004 election, placing second amongst CSV candidates in a CSV landslide victory,[6] and appointed to the new cabinet to hold the positions of Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform and Minister for Public Works. After the 2009 election, Wiseler was reappointed to the government in the enlarged role of Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, which includes his former portfolio of Public Works.

Wiseler was elected President of the CSV party in 2021, receiving 400 votes from 475 members of the party's national congress.[7]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Claude Wiseler elected party president with overwhelming majority". RTL today. 2021-04-24. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Claude Wiseler" (in French). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. ^ "Perséinlechkeeten aus der CSV" (in Luxembourgish). Christian Social People's Party. Archived from the original on 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  4. ^ "1999: Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  5. ^ "Résultants 1999" (in French). Ville de Luxembourg. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  6. ^ "2004: Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  7. ^ "Claude Wiseler elected party president with overwhelming majority". RTL today. 2021-04-24. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Public Works
2004 – 2009
Merged into new position
New title
Created through merger
Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
2009 – 2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Chamber of Deputies
2023-present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by General Secretary of the CSV
1995 – 2000
Succeeded by