Jean Asselborn

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Jean Asselborn (born 27 April 1949 in Steinfort) is a Luxembourgian politician. Since 31 July 2004, he has been the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker.^[1]

He became Mayor of Steinfort in 1982 and served in that position until 2004. He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg in 1984, and in 1989 he became head of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party parliamentary group. He was Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2004.^[1] He was also the President of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, the second-largest political party in the Grand Duchy, from 1997 to 2004.

[edit] See also

• Juncker-Asselborn Ministry (2004 – )

[edit] Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Jean Spautz	President of the Chamber of Deputies 2004	Succeeded by Lucien Weiler
Preceded by Lydie Polfer	Deputy Prime Minister 2004–	Incumbent
Preceded by Charles Goerens	Minister for Foreign Affairs 2004–	Incumbent
Preceded by Bernard Bot	President of the Council of the EU First half 2005	Succeeded by Jack Straw
Party political offices
Preceded by Ben Fayot	President of the LSAP 1997–2004	Succeeded by Alex Bodry