Lydie Polfer

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Lydie Polfer (born 22 November 1952) was the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Luxembourg in the government of Jean-Claude Juncker from August 1999 until July 2004, when she had to resign as her party lost the elections. She is now candidate to become Mayor of Luxembourg City, after being mayor there from 1982 to 1999. She is a Member of the European Parliament for the Democratic Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Polfer is a Vice Chair of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Camille Polfer
Mayor of Luxembourg City
19821999
Succeeded by
Paul Helminger
Preceded by
Jacques Poos
Deputy Prime Minister
19992004
Succeeded by
Jean Asselborn
Preceded by
Jacques Poos
Minister for Foreign Affairs
19992004
Succeeded by
Charles Goerens
Party political offices
Preceded by
Charles Goerens
President of the DP
19942004
Succeeded by
Claude Meisch