Luc Frieden

Luc Frieden
Minister for Finances
In office 23 July 2009 – 4 December 2013
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Jean-Claude Juncker
Succeeded by	Pierre Gramegna
Minister for Defence
In office 31 July 2004 – 22 February 2006
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Charles Goerens
Succeeded by	Jean-Louis Schiltz
Minister for Justice
In office 30 January 1998 – 23 July 2009
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Marc Fischbach
Succeeded by	François Biltgen
Personal details
Born	(1963-09-16) 16 September 1963 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Political party	Christian Social People's Party
Alma mater	University of Luxembourg Pantheon-Sorbonne University University of Cambridge Harvard University

Luc Frieden (born 16 September 1963 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgish politician for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). He was Minister for Justice and Minister for the Treasury and Budget from 1998 to 2009, and Minister for Finances from 2009 to 2013.

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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