List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
| President of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg | |
|---|---|
since 21 November 2023 | |
| Chamber of Deputies | |
| Style |
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| Status | Presiding officer |
| Seat | Hôtel de la Chambre, Luxembourg City |
| Nominator | Party conferences (primarily) |
| Appointer | Chamber of Deputies |
| Term length | At the Chamber's pleasure; elected at the beginning of the new legislative period by a majority of the deputies, and upon a vacancy during a legislative period. |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
| Formation | 1848 |
| First holder | Charles Metz |
| Website | www |
The president of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourgish: Chamberpresident, French: Président de la Chambre des Députés) is the presiding officer in Luxembourg's unicameral national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies. The current president is Claude Wiseler who is the 40th person to hold the position.
The person holding the office is sometimes referred to as the "First Citizen of the Country" (Luxembourgish: éischte Bierger vum Land).[1][2]
Note that, during recess, the chamber does not have a president. However, for continuity purposes, unless the president changes between one parliamentary session and another, the presidency is treated as though it is held continuously.
| Name | Party | Legislature | Start date | End date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Metz | 2nd | 1848 | 1853 | |||
| Théodore Pescatore (first time) | 1853 | 1855 | ||||
| 3rd | ||||||
| Baron de Tornaco (first time) | 1855 | 1856 | ||||
| Jean-Mathias Wellenstein | 4th | 1857 | 1858 | |||
| Jean-Pierre Toutsch (first time) | 1858 | 1859 | ||||
| Baron de Tornaco (second time) | 1859 | 1860 | ||||
| Norbert Metz | 1860 | 1861 | ||||
| Théodore Pescatore (second time) | 1861 | 1866 | ||||
| 5th | ||||||
| Michel Witry | 1866 | 1867 | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Toutsch (second time) | 1867 | 1869 | ||||
| Paul de Scherff | 1869 | 1872 | ||||
| 6th | ||||||
| Félix de Blochausen | 1872 | 1875 | ||||
| Jacques Gustave Lessel | 7th | 1875 | 1886 | |||
| 8th | ||||||
| Zénon de Muyser | 1886 | 1887 | ||||
| Emmanuel Servais | 9th | 1887 | 1890 | |||
| Théodore Willibrord de Wacquant | 1890 | 1896 | ||||
| 10th | ||||||
| Charles-Jean Simons | 10 November 1896 | 7 November 1905 | ||||
| 11th | ||||||
| Auguste Laval | LL | 12th | 7 November 1905 | 1915 | ||
| 13th | ||||||
| Edouard Hemmer | 1915 | 1917 | ||||
| 14th | ||||||
| François Altwies | PD | 1917 | 1925 | |||
| 15th | ||||||
| René Blum | PS | 16th | 1925 | 1926 | ||
| Émile Reuter (first time) | PD | 1926 | 20 October 1944[3] | |||
| 17th | ||||||
| 18th | ||||||
| Nicolas Wirtgen[4] | CSV | - | 6 December 1944 | 1945 | ||
| Émile Reuter (second time) | CSV | 19th | 1945 | 1958 | ||
| 20th | ||||||
| 21st | ||||||
| Joseph Bech | CSV | 22nd | 5 March 1959 | 6 May 1964 | ||
| Victor Bodson | LSAP | 23rd | 21 July 1964 | 5 July 1967 | ||
| Romain Fandel | LSAP | 6 July 1967 | 31 October 1968 | |||
| Pierre Grégoire | CSV | 24th | 5 February 1969 | 15 May 1974 | ||
| Antoine Wehenkel | LSAP | 25th | 27 June 1974 | 22 July 1975 | ||
| René Van Den Bulcke | LSAP | 14 October 1975 | 23 May 1979 | |||
| Léon Bollendorff | CSV | 26th | 24 July 1979 | 31 May 1989 | ||
| 27th | ||||||
| Erna Hennicot-Schoepges | CSV | 28th | 18 July 1989 | 26 January 1995 | ||
| 29th | ||||||
| Jean Spautz | CSV | 31 January 1995 | 21 May 2004 | |||
| 30th | ||||||
| Lucien Weiler | CSV | 31st | 30 July 2004 | 7 June 2009 | ||
| Laurent Mosar | CSV | 32nd | 28 July 2009 | 12 November 2013 | ||
| Mars Di Bartolomeo | LSAP | 33rd | 5 December 2013 | 30 October 2018 | ||
| Fernand Etgen | DP | 34th | 6 December 2018 | 24 October 2023 | ||
| Claude Wiseler | CSV | 35th | 21 November 2023 | Incumbent | ||
In addition, there were four extraordinary sessions, for which the Presidents were selected by virtue of being the oldest members. In these cases, the Presidents were:
- 11 January 1858: Mathias Ulrich
- 24 June 1872 – 27 June 1872 Michel Witry
- 6 July 1979: Jean-Pierre Urwald
- 16 July 1984: Jean-Pierre Urwald
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Invité:e vum Dag: Claude Wiseler". 100komma7 (in Luxembourgish). 22 November 2023.
- ^ Wilmes, Serge (2013). C wéi Crémant: d'Chamber vun A bis Z (in Luxembourgish). Saint-Paul. p. 31. ISBN 978-2-87963-937-6
- ^ President in name only under Nazi occupation (1940–1944)
- ^ Selected by virtue of being oldest member