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Claude Meisch
Claude Meisch (born 27 November 1971, in Pétange) is a Luxembourg politician with a degree in financial mathematics from Trier university. Meisch was appointed Minister of Education in 2013 in the government of Xavier Bettel. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and Mayor of Differdange since 2002. He was President of the Democratic Party (Luxembourg), President of the Democratic Party (Luxembourg), Democratic Party (DP) from 2004 until 2013, of which he has been a member since 1994. Born in Pétange, in the south-west of the country, Meisch attended the town's Lycée technique Mathias-Adam, before studying at the University of Trier, in Germany. After graduating, he worked for the Private banking, private Banque de Luxembourg. Meisch was Vice-President of the Democratic and Liberal Youth, the DP's youth wing, from 1995 until 2000. Meisch ran for the Chamber of Deputies, to represent Circonscription Sud (Luxembourg) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Meisch (DP)
Claude Meisch (born 27 November 1971) is a Luxembourgish politician with a degree in financial mathematics from Trier university. Meisch was appointed Minister of Education in 2013 in the government of Xavier Bettel, a post he held until 2023. He was appointed Minister of Education and Youth and as Minister of Housing in 2023 in the government of Luc Frieden He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and Mayor of Differdange since 2002. He was President of the Democratic Party (Luxembourg), President of the Democratic Party (Luxembourg), Democratic Party (DP) from 2004 until 2013, of which he has been a member since 1994. Early life and education Born in Pétange, in the south-west of the country, Meisch attended the town's Lycée technique Mathias-Adam, before studying at the University of Trier, in Germany. After graduating, he worked for the Private banking, private Banque de Luxembourg. Meisch was Vice-President of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Luxembourgian Legislative Election
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 1999, Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1244 alongside European Parliament elections. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 19 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p1236 Candidates Results By locality The CSV won pluralities in three of the four circonscriptions, falling behind the Democratic Party in Centre (around Luxembourg City) but beating the LSAP in its core Sud constituency. Much of the realignment nationally can be explained by a weakening of the LSAP's position in Sud, which has the most seats and where the LSAP's share of the vote fell from 33.5% to 29.8%, to the advantage of both the CSV and the DP. The CSV won pluralities across almost all of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 86 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emotional Insecurity
Emotional security is the measure of the stability of an individual's emotional state. Emotional insecurity or simply insecurity is a feeling of general unease or nervousness that may be triggered by perceiving of Identity (social science), oneself to be vulnerable or Inferiority complex, inferior in some way, or a sense of vulnerability or instability which threatens one's self-image or wikt:ego, ego. The concept is related to that of psychological resilience in as far as both concern the effects which setbacks or difficult situations have on an individual. However, ''resilience'' concerns over-all coping, also wicurity provided by a non-threatening, supportive environment. A person who is susceptible to wikt:bout, bouts of depression (mood), depression being triggered by minor setbacks is said to be less "emotionally secure". A person whose general happiness is not very shaken even by major disturbances in the pattern or fabric of their life might be said to be extremely emotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxemburger Wort
''Luxemburger Wort'' is a German-language Luxembourgish daily newspaper. There is an English edition named the ''Luxembourg Times''. History and profile ''Luxemburger Wort'' has been published since 1848. The paper was founded just three days after press censorship was abolished. The newspaper is mainly written in German, but includes small sections in both Luxembourgish and French. The paper is part of the Saint-Paul Luxembourg S.A. The paper is owned by the archbishopric and has a strong Catholic leaning. From its very foundation, the newspaper opposed the ''Volksfreund'', founded by Samuel Hirsch, and the ''Judenrabbiner'', as well as the subsidy for the Jewish congregation. In the period from 1849 to 1880, on average it published two anti-Semitic articles per week. From 1938, the newspaper opposed Nazi Germany. In 1940, after the German invasion of Luxembourg, the ''Luxemburger Wort'' was co-opted as part of the occupation. The director Jean Origer and the editors Batty Esc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Luxembourgian Legislative Election
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 2009, together with the 2009 election to the European Parliament. All sixty members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected for five years. The polls were topped by the Christian Social People's Party, which built upon its already high number of seats to achieve a commanding victory, with the highest vote share and number of seats of any party since 1954. Incumbent Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who is longest serving head of government in the European Union, renewed the coalition agreement with Deputy Prime Minister and Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party leader Jean Asselborn and formed the Juncker-Asselborn Ministry II, which was sworn-in on 23 July 2009. Parties Seven parties ran candidates in all four circonscriptions, of which, five were already represented in the Chamber of Deputies: the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Democratic Party (DP), the Greens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greens (Luxembourg)
The Greens ( lb, Déi Gréng, french: Les Verts, german: Die Grünen) is a green political party in Luxembourg. Party history 1983–93 The Luxembourgish Greens were founded on 23 June 1983 as Green Alternative Party (GAP). Among its founding members were people engaged in the peace movement and the movement against a nuclear power plant in Luxembourg. Many came from left socialist groups that had split from the LSAP and from the former maoist movement who had already in 1979 been involved in the electoral Alternative List - Resist. In the 1984 elections, the party got two seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1985, however the GAP split and its more conservative wing founded the Green List, Ecological Initiative (GLEI). They competed separately in the 1989 election, where they won two seats each. 1994–2003 In 1994, the two parties presented a common list for the elections. They won five seats in the Chamber, getting nearly 11% of the votes, which made them the fourth str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Luxembourgian Communal Election
The 2005 Luxembourgian communal elections were held on 9 October 2005. Elections are held every six years across all of Luxembourg's then-118 communes. Results Seven lists ran in more than one commune: the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Democratic Party (DP), the Greens, the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), the Left, and the Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL). Of these, the six former parties won seats, as did four local parties that ran in only one commune each. In the chart below, '-' represents that the party did not run in that commune, whereas '0' represents that the party did run, but won no council seats. Grey denotes the mayor's party. Results for communes using proportional representation only. The party system does not apply in the majoritarian communes, making comparisons difficult. {{Luxembourgian elections Local elections in Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None Of The Above
"None of the above" (NOTA), or none for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system. It is based on the principle that consent requires the ability to withhold consent in an election, just as they can by voting "No" on ballot questions. It must be contrasted with " abstention", in which a voter does not cast a ballot. Entities that include "None of the Above" on ballots as standard procedure include India ("None of the above"), Indonesia (, "empty box"), Greece (, white), the U.S. state of Nevada (None of These Candidates), Ukraine (, "against all"), Belarus, Spain (, "white vote"), North Korea, and Colombia (). Russia had such an option on its ballots (, "against all") until it was abolished in 2006. Bangladesh introduced this option (, "no vote") in 2008. Pakistan introduced this option on ballot papers for the 2013 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydie Polfer
Lydie Polfer (born 22 November 1952, in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish politician who has served in a number of capacities, including Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mayor of Luxembourg City, as well as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She is a member of the Democratic Party (DP). Early life Polfer succeeded her father, Camille Polfer, as mayor of Luxembourg City, when he was forced to resign from the position due to poor health after only two years. She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1984 election, representing Centre. She was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of Jean-Claude Juncker from August 1999 until July 2004. In the 2004 legislative election, Polfer was elected, once again, top of the DP list, coming second overall to Luc Frieden. However, the DP polled poorly overall, losing five seats nationwide, and, with them, their po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Luxembourgian Legislative Election
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 2004,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1244 alongside 2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg, European Parliament elections. The ruling Christian Social People's Party (CSV) of Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker won the election, increasing its number of seats to its highest since before 1989 Luxembourg legislative election, 1989 and its share of the vote to levels not seen since the 1959 Luxembourg legislative election, 1959 election. As expected, the CSV won a plurality of seats, adding 5 new deputies, and continued as the majority partner in the coalition government. However, the junior partner changed from the liberal Democratic Party (Luxembourg), Democratic Party (DP), which lost 5 seats, to the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), which gained one seat. The Greens (Luxembourg), The Greens also slightly increased their representat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Berger
Eugène Berger (4 December 1960 – 21 January 2020) was a politician from Luxembourg. Berger studied to become a teacher, and worked in this profession from 1988 to 1994. In 1994, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Party. He was State Secretary of the Environment from 1999 to 2004. On 1 October 1992, he became the first Luxembourger to climb Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ..., for which he won the title of Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year. He had two children. References External linksBiography on Luxembourg government site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
