List of presidents of the Council of State of Luxembourg

The president of the Council of State is the leader of Luxembourg's Council of State.

The president is appointed by the grand duke, along with two vice presidents, and the appointment lasts for one year (although it can be renewed). The president of the Council of State must be either a member of the Council of State or the grand duke himself. However, to date, the latter option has never been taken, and it has become convention that the grand duke cannot be the president.

Note that the position has often been left vacant, so few of the successions were immediate.

List of presidents

+ List of presidents since 1857 President Start date End date Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine 28 Nov 1857 10 Apr 1868 Charles-Mathias Simons 5 Jan 1869 5 Jan 1870 François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet 16 Feb 1870 16 Feb 1871 Vendelin Jurion 15 Mar 1871 15 Mar 1872 Édouard Thilges (1st time) 25 Jul 1872 29 Jul 1874 Emmanuel Servais 27 Dec 1874 8 Nov 1887 Henri Vannérus (1st time) 15 Feb 1888 15 Feb 1889 Édouard Thilges (2nd time) 15 Feb 1889 23 May 1895 Henri Vannérus (2nd time) 23 May 1895 28 Dec 1914 Victor Thorn (1st time) 28 Dec 1914 3 Mar 1915 Victor Thorn (2nd time) 6 Nov 1915 24 Feb 1916 Mathias Mongenast 1 Apr 1916 19 Jun 1917 Victor Thorn (3rd time) 19 Jun 1917 15 Sep 1930 Joseph Steichen 27 Feb 1931 20 Feb 1932 Ernest Hamélius 10 Jun 1932 16 Nov 1945 Léon Kauffmann 14 Dec 1945 14 Feb 1952 Félix Welter 14 Feb 1952 30 Jun 1969 Maurice Sevenig 1 Jul 1969 26 Jun 1975 Emile Raus 26 Jun 1975 25 Jun 1976 Albert Goldmann 26 Jun 1976 4 Dec 1976 Ferdinand Wirtgen 20 Dec 1976 30 Sep 1978 Roger Maul 1 Oct 1978 16 Sep 1979 Alex Bonn 21 Sep 1979 18 Jun 1980 François Goerens 20 Jun 1980 2 Aug 1987 Ernest Arendt 6 Aug 1987 6 Aug 1988 Georges Thorn 6 Aug 1988 30 Oct 1991 Jean Dupong 1 Nov 1991 18 May 1994 Paul Beghin 19 May 1994 31 Dec 1999 Raymond Kirsch 14 Jan 2000 13 Jan 2001 Marcel Sauber 15 Jan 2001 11 Mar 2003 Pierre Mores 29 Apr 2003 30 Sep 2007 Alain Meyer 1 Oct 2007 14 Nov 2009 Georges Schroeder 17 Nov 2009 7 Jun 2012 Victor Gillen 7 Aug 2012 20 Dec 2014 Viviane Ecker 23 Dec 2014 28 Mar 2016 Georges Wivenes 30 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2019 Agnès Durdu 1 Apr 2019 6 Apr 2021 Christophe Schiltz 7 Apr 2021 6 Apr 2024 Marc Thewes 7 Apr 2024 Present day

See also List of members of the Council of State of Luxembourg List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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