List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg
Prime ministers of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 1918
Political Party: PD PNI CSV DP

List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg

Section Title: Prime ministers of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 1918
Table Section Text: Political Party: PD PNI CSV DP

Prime Minister (Birth-Death)	Picture	Political Party	Term of Office	Government	Coalition	Monarchs of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Reign)

Election	Start	End

Émile Reuter (1874–1973)	-	PD	— 1919 1922	28 September 1918 5 January 1920 15 April 1921	5 January 1920 15 April 1921 20 March 1925	Reuter	PD, LL PD, LL PD	-

First partisan government. Armistice; Constitution amended. Only one-party cabinet 1921–25. Resigned.

Pierre Prüm (1886–1950)	PNI	1925	20 March 1925	16 July 1926	Prüm	PNI, PRS

Only PNI premiership. Resigned.

Joseph Bech (1887–1975) (1st time)	PD	1928, 31 1934 1937	16 July 1926 11 April 1932 27 December 1936	11 April 1932 27 December 1936 5 November 1937	Bech	PD, LdG PD, PRL PD, PRL

Longest party-era cabinet 1926–32. Resigned.

Pierre Dupong (1885–1953)	PD	— — —	5 November 1937 7 February 1938 6 April 1940	7 February 1938 6 April 1940 10 May 1940	Dupong-Krier	PD, POL, PRL PD, POL PD, POL

—	10 May 1940	23 November 1944	Govt. in Exile	PD, POL

CSV	— — —	23 November 1944 23 February 1945 21 April 1945	23 February 1945 21 April 1945 14 November 1945	Liberation	CSV, LSAP

1945 —	14 November 1945 29 August 1946	29 August 1946 1 March 1947	National Union	CSV, LSAP, GD, KPL

— 1948	1 March 1947 14 July 1948	14 July 1948 3 July 1951	Dupong-Schaus	CSV, GD

1951	3 July 1951	23 December 1953	Dupong-Bodson	CSV, LSAP

World War II; Luxembourg remained neutral. Emergency government; Nazi occupation; government in exile.

Joseph Bech (1887–1975) (2nd time)	CSV	— 1954	29 December 1953 29 June 1954	29 June 1954 29 March 1958	Bech-Bodson	CSV, LSAP

Resigned.

Pierre Frieden (1892–1959)	CSV	1959	29 March 1958	23 February 1959	Frieden	CSV, LSAP

Won 1959 election; died in office.

Pierre Werner (1913–2002) (1st time)	CSV	—	2 March 1959	15 July 1964	Werner-Schaus I	CSV, DP

-	1964 —	15 July 1964 3 January 1967	3 January 1967 6 February 1969	Werner-Cravatte	CSV, LSAP	-

1968 — —	6 February 1969 5 July 1971 19 September 1972	5 July 1971 19 September 1972 15 June 1974	Werner-Schaus II	CSV, DP

Longest party-era premiership. Went into opposition following 1974 election.

Gaston Egmond Thorn (1928–2007)	DP	1974 — —	15 June 1974 21 July 1976 16 September 1977	21 July 1976 16 September 1977 16 July 1979	Thorn	DP, LSAP

First DP premiership. Became Deputy Prime Minister under Werner when CSV returned to government following 1979 election.

Pierre Werner (1913–2002) (2nd time)	CSV	1979 —	16 July 1979 3 March 1980	3 March 1980 22 November 1980	Werner-Thorn	CSV, DP

— —	22 November 1980 21 December 1982	21 December 1982 20 July 1984	Werner-Flesch

Retired at 1984 election.

Jacques Louis Santer (born 1937)	CSV	1984	20 July 1984	14 July 1989	Santer-Poos I	CSV, LSAP

1989 —	14 July 1989 9 December 1992	9 December 1992 13 July 1994	Santer-Poos II

1994	13 July 1994	26 January 1995	Santer-Poos III

President of the Government until 1989; Prime Minister from 1989. Appointed EC President.

Jean-Claude Juncker (born 1954)	CSV	— —	26 January 1995 4 February 1998	4 February 1998 7 August 1999	Juncker-Poos	CSV, LSAP

-	1999	7 August 1999	31 July 2004	Juncker-Polfer	CSV, DP	-

2004	31 July 2004	23 July 2009	Juncker-Asselborn I	CSV, LSAP

2009	23 July 2009	4 December 2013	Juncker-Asselborn II

Longest uninterrupted party-era premiership. Former President of the Euro Group.

Xavier Bettel (born 1973)	DP	2013	4 December 2013	5 December 2018	Bettel-Schneider	DP, LSAP, DG

2018	5 December 2018	incumbent	Bettel-Schneider II

Second DP premiership.

Sentence(s)

Since the Second World War, every Prime Minister of Luxembourg has been a member of the CSV, with only two exceptions: Gaston Thorn (1974–1979), and Xavier Bettel (2013).

final_sentence: Since the Second World War, every Prime Minister of Luxembourg has been a member of the CSV, with only two exceptions: Gaston Thorn (1974–1979), and Xavier Bettel (2013).