List of Presidents of the Council of State of Luxembourg

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The President of the Council of State is the leader of Luxembourg's Council of State.

He or she is appointed by the Grand Duke, along with two Vice Presidents, and the appointment lasts for one year (although it can be renewed). The President of the Council of State must be either a member of the Council of State or the Grand Duke himself. However, to date, the latter option has never been taken, and it has become convention that the Grand Duke cannot be the President.

Note that the position has often been left vacant, so few of the successions were immediate.

[edit] List of Presidents

President	Start date	End date
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine	1857-11-28	1868-04-10
Charles-Mathias Simons	1869-01-05	1870-01-05
François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet	1870-02-16	1871-02-16
Vendelin Jurion	1871-03-15	1872-03-15
Édouard Thilges	1872-07-25	1874-07-29
Emmanuel Servais	1874-12-27	1887-11-08
Henri Vannérus	1888-02-15	1889-02-15
Édouard Thilges	1889-02-15	1895-05-23
Henri Vannérus	1895-05-23	1914-12-28
Victor Thorn	1914-12-28	1915-03-03
Victor Thorn	1915-11-06	1916-02-24
Mathias Mongenast	1916-04-01	1917-06-19
Victor Thorn	1917-06-19	1930-09-15
Joseph Steichen	1931-02-27	1932-02-20
Ernest Hamelius	1932-06-10	1945-11-16
Léon Kauffmann	1945-12-14	1952-02-14
Félix Welter	1952-02-14	1969-06-30
Maurice Sevenig	1969-07-01	1975-06-26
Emile Raus	1975-06-26	1976-06-25
Albert Goldmann	1976-06-26	1976-12-04
Ferdinand Wirtgen	1976-12-20	1978-09-30
Roger Maul	1978-10-01	1979-09-16
Alex Bonn	1979-09-21	1980-06-18
François Goerens	1980-06-20	1987-08-02
Ernest Arendt	1987-08-06	1988-08-06
Georges Thorn	1988-08-06	1991-10-30
Jean Dupong	1991-11-01	1994-05-18
Paul Beghin	1994-05-19	1999-12-31
Raymond Kirsch	2000-01-14	2001-01-13
Marcel Sauber	2001-01-15	2003-03-11
Pierre Mores	2003-04-29	30 September 2007
Alain Meyer	30 September 2007	Present day

[edit] Trivia

• Victor Thorn went straight from being President of the Council of State to serving as Prime Minister, whereas Emmanuel Servais became President immediately after resigning as Prime Minister.

[edit] See also

• List of Grand Dukes of Luxembourg
• List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg