Michel Wolter (born 13 September 1962 in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

) is a

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ian politician. He was the youngest-ever member of the

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when elected in 1984, and served as

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from 1995 to 2004. He is also a businessman and a former international table tennis player. Michel Wolter grew up in

Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies ...

, second largest city of the country. He studied economics at the

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from 1981 to 1985. Wolter was an international

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player from 1980 to 1984. He was elected to the

at the 1984 election, on the

Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...

ticket. Aged 21 at that time, he is today still the youngest ever elected member. He was directly reelected in

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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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and

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. From 1985 to 1990, Wolter was chairman of the youth organisation of his party. In 1987, he became President of the

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, in which capacity he served until 1994. From January 1988 to July 1992, he was a member of

Esch-sur-Alzette communal council Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies ...

, and, after a change of residence, from January 1994 to January 1995, member of the communal council of

Bascharage Bascharage (; lb, Nidderkäerjeng ; german: Niederkerschen) is a town and a former commune in south-western Luxembourg. Since 2012, it is part of the commune of Käerjeng. History Bascharage with the other towns like Linger, Hautcharage, an ...

. On 26 January 1995, Wolter was nominated as a cabinet member in the new government as

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and Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform. After the 1999 election, he was reappointed as Minister for the Interior, with enlarged competences in the fields of police and water administration. After the 2004 election, he resigned from the government to become president of the Christian Social People's Party group in Parliament. He terminated this mandate after the 2009 election. In November 2009 he became the leader of Luxembourg's

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Since January 2006, Wolter has again been a council member in Bascharage. He was appointed mayor in January 2010. He was reappointed after the elections of 2011 and 2017. Professionally, Wolter was involved from 1986 to 1995 successively in the fields of captive reinsurance management, fiduciary management and professional reinsurance. Since the end of 2006, he has been a board member of various companies in Luxembourg. He is married, father of three children, and lives in

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