Luc Frieden

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Luc Frieden (born 16 September 1963 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). He has been Minister for Justice and Minister for the Treasury and Budget since 1998.

In the capacity of Minister for the Treasury and Budget, Frieden was responsible for the successful introduction of the euro as replacement for the Luxembourgish franc. Since then, many of his responsibilities, as minister for both the Treasury and Justice, have related to the fall-out from the Clearstream Affair. Frieden is seen as one of the potential successors for the present Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker.

In early 2007, speaking after an EU debate on violent video games, Frieden suggested that "Access to children should be cut off ... We have to ban some games".[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Marc Fischbach
Minister for Justice
1998
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Charles Goerens
Minister for Defence
20042006
Succeeded by
Jean-Louis Schiltz


Persondata
NAME Frieden, Luc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Luxembourgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 16 September 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH