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Etienne Schneider | |
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_Urmas_Reinsalu_and_Etienne_Schneider_(34915138884)_-_crop_Schneider.jpg) Schneider in 2017 | |
| 11th First Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg | |
| In office 4 December 2013 – 4 February 2020 Serving with Félix Braz (2018–20) | |
| Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Jean Asselborn |
| Succeeded by | Dan Kersch |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 5 December 2018 – 4 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Lydia Mutsch |
| Succeeded by | Paulette Lenert |
| Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade | |
| In office 1 February 2012 – 4 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Jeannot Krecké |
| Succeeded by | Franz Fayot |
| Minister for Defence | |
| In office 4 December 2013 – 5 December 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Jean-Marie Halsdorf |
| Succeeded by | François Bausch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1971 Dudelange, Luxembourg |
| Political party | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse |
Jérôme Domange (m. 2016) |
| Alma mater | ICHEC Brussels Management School University of Greenwich |
Etienne Schneider (Luxembourgish pronunciation: [ˈʃnɑɪdɐ]; born 29 January 1971) is a Luxembourgish politician and economist who served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to 2020. He is a member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP).
Schneider was a municipal councillor in Kayl from 1995 to 2005, and from 1997 to 2004, he was secretary general of the parliamentary group of the LSAP in Parliament.[1] He was elected first alderman of the municipality of Kayl in 2005, a mandate he held until May 2010.[1]
Schneider was appointed Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade on 1 February 2012.[1] In the government formed following the 2013 general election, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Economy. He continued to hold these offices following the 2018 general election, where he became the health minister as well. From 2013 to 2018, Schneider served as Minister for Defence. Following the 2018 general election, he became the first openly gay politician to be reelected for the office of deputy prime minister.
After stepping down as first deputy prime minister on 4 February 2020, Schneider entered the business world on the board of directors of both ArcelorMittal and the Vladimir Yevtushenkov and Yevgeny Novitsky associated Russian firm Sistema.
- ^ a b c "Biography of Etienne Schneider". Gouvernement.lu. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.