List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg
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.
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–).
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–).
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).
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).
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).
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