Jean Asselborn (born 27 April 1949 in Steinfort) is a Luxembourger 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]
Jean graduated top of his class from the University of Tübingen, where he studied German linguistics (philology) under Walter Jens with a strong focus on Early New High German ("Frühneuhochdeutsch"). He received additional training from the renowned Athénée de Luxembourg and from University of Nancy II. 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.
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by Ben Fayot |
President of the LSAP 1997–2004 |
Succeeded by Alex Bodry |
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