List of prime ministers of Luxembourg

The prime minister of Luxembourg is the head of government of Luxembourg. The prime minister leads the executive branch, chairs the Cabinet and appoints its ministers.

List
Prime ministers from 1848 to 1890
 Prime Minister(birth–death) Portrait Term of officeMonarchs No. Start End1 Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine(1787–1871) 60px 1 August 1848 6 December 1848Willem II 100px|center  First Prime Minister. Resigned following a Vote of no confidence.Thewes (2003), p. 162 Jean-Jacques Madeleine Willmar(1792–1866) 60px 6 December 1848 23 September 1853Willem III 100px|center  Dismissed by the GovernorThewes (2003), p. 203 Charles-Mathias Simons(1802–1874) 60px  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 23 September 1853  23 September 1854  24 May 1856  2 June 1857  29 November 1857  12 November 1858  23 June 1859  15 July 1859  23 September 1854  24 May 1856  2 June 1857  29 November 1857  12 November 1858  23 June 1859  15 July 1859  26 September 1860  Coup of 1856. President of the Council until November 1857;thereafter President of the Government. Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 284 Victor, Baron de Tornaco(1805–1875) 60px  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 26 September 1860  9 September 1863  31 March 1864  26 January 1866  3 December 1866  14 December 1866  18 June 1867  9 September 1863  31 March 1864  26 January 1866  3 December 1866  14 December 1866  18 June 1867  3 December 1867  Shortest cabinet, December 1866. Luxembourg Crisis; Treaty of London.Resigned following a Vote of no confidence.Thewes (2003), p. 345 Lambert Joseph Emmanuel Servais(1811–1890) 60px  1  2  3  4  5 3 December 1867  30 September 1869  12 October 1869  7 February 1870  25 May 1873  30 September 1869  12 October 1869  7 February 1870  25 May 1873  26 December 1874  Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 426 Félix, Baron de Blochausen(1834–1915) 60px  1  2  3  4  5  6 26 December 1874  26 April 1875  8 July 1876  6 August 1878  21 September 1882  12 October 1882  26 April 1875  8 July 1876  6 August 1878  21 September 1882  12 October 1882  20 February 1885  Dismissed by the Grand Duke.Thewes (2003), p. 487 Jules Georges Édouard Thilges(1817–1904) 60px 20 February 1885 22 September 1888  Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 52
The Kingdom of the Netherlands shared the same monarchs with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 1815 to 1890. The Grand Duchy has had its own monarchs since 1890.

Prime ministers from 1890 to 1918
 Prime Minister(birth–death) Portrait Term of officeMonarchs No. Start End8 Paul Eyschen(1841–1915) 60px  1  2  3  4  5  6 22 September 1888  26 October 1892  23 June 1896  25 October 1905  9 January 1910  3 March 1915  26 October 1892  23 June 1896  25 October 1905  9 January 1910  3 March 1915  11 October 1915Adolphe 100px|centerGuillaume IV 100px|center  Longest premiership. Longest cabinet 1896–1905.Luxembourg occupied by Germany on 2 August 1914. Died in office.9 Mathias Mongenast(1843–1926) 60px 12 October 1915 6 November 1915Marie-Adélaïde 100px|center  Shortest premiership. Ruled as President of the Council. Resigned.10 Hubert Loutsch(1878–1946) 60px 6 November 1915 24 February 1916  Minority government.Thewes (2003), p. 66 Resigned following a Vote of no confidence.11 Victor Thorn(1844–1930) 60px 24 February 1916 19 June 1917  National Union Government. Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 6912 Léon Kauffman(1869–1952) 60px 19 June 1917 28 September 1918  Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 76

Prime ministers since 1918
Political Party:

+#Prime Minister(birth–death) Portrait Political party Term of office Government CoalitionMonarchs Election Start End13Émile Reuter(1874–1973)60px  PD —  1919  192228 September 1918  5 January 1920  15 April 1921 5 January 1920  15 April 1921  20 March 1925 Reuter PD, LL  PD, LL  PDMarie-Adélaïde100px|centerCharlotte 100px|center  First partisan government. Armistice; Constitution amended. Only one-party cabinet 1921–1925. Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 8814 Pierre Prüm(1886–1950) 60px   PNI  1925 20 March 1925 16 July 1926  Prüm  PNI, PRS  Only PNI premiership. Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 9015 Joseph Bech(1887–1975)(1st time) 60px   PD  1928, 1931  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 1926–1932. Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 10416 Pierre Dupong(1885–1953) 60px   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.Thewes (2003), p. 107 Emergency government; Nazi occupation; government in exile.
Liberation Governments;Thewes (2003), p. 115 neutrality ended.Thewes (2003), p. 118 National Union Governments.Thewes (2003), p. 122 Died in office.Thewes (2003), p. 14017 Joseph Bech(1887–1975)(2nd time) 60px   CSV  —  1954 29 December 1953  29 June 1954  29 June 1954  29 March 1958  Bech-Bodson  CSV, LSAP  Resigned.Thewes (2003), p. 14818 Pierre Frieden(1892–1959) 60px   CSV  1959 29 March 1958 23 February 1959  Frieden  CSV, LSAP  Won 1959 election; died in office.Thewes (2003), p. 15119 Pierre Werner(1913–2002)(1st time) 60px   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, LSAPJean 100px|center  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.Thewes (2003), p. 18220 Gaston Egmond Thorn(1928–2007) 60px   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.Thewes (2003), p. 19221 Pierre Werner(1913–2002)(2nd time) 60px   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.Thewes (2003), p. 20422 Jacques Santer(born 1937) 60px   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.Thewes (2003), p. 22223 Jean-Claude Juncker(born 1954) 60px   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, DPHenri 100px|center  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. Also President of the Eurogroup. Appointed EC President.24 Xavier Bettel(born 1973) 60px   DP  2013 4 December 2013 5 December 2018  Bettel I  DP, LSAP, DG  2018  5 December 2018 17 November 2023  Bettel II25 Luc Frieden(born 1963) 60px   CSV  2023 17 November 2023 Incumbent  Frieden-Bettel    CSV, DP 

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