monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
william iii adolphe william iv marie-adélaïde Édouard thilges mathias mongenast 11 october 1915 diekirch , luxembourg luxembourg , luxembourg independent prime minister of luxembourg september 9 , 1841 september 22 , 1888 paul eyschen photograph by grieser.jpg paul eyschen
 october 11 , 1915 paul eyschen
paul eyschen

paul eyschen -lrb- 9 september 1841 -- 11 october 1915 -rrb- was a luxembourgish politician , statesman , lawyer , and diplomat .
he was the eighth prime minister of luxembourg , serving for twenty-seven years , from 22 september 1888 until his death , on 11 october 1915 .
the son of charles-gérard eyschen , a former director-general for justice , eyschen was born in diekirch , in northern luxembourg , on 9 september 1841 .
eyschen graduated in 1860 from the athénée de luxembourg .
eyschen became a lawyer after studying law in bonn and paris .
he was admitted to the bar on 9 november 1865 .
at the elections of 12 june 1866 , eyschen was elected to chamber of deputies , representing the canton of wiltz .
however , he was not yet 25 years old on the day of the vote , as required by the constitution .
his election victory was first annulled by the chamber on the initiative of félix de blochausen , but when the now-vacant seat was put up again for election on 10 november , he won it back and , being 25 , he kept it .
in 1875 , he was appointed chargé d'affaires to the german empire , in which capacity he served until 1888 .
