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List of deputy prime ministers of Luxembourg

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Field	Value
post	Deputy Prime Minister
body	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
native_name

image	Xavier Bettel 2025 (cropped).jpg
incumbent	Xavier Bettel
incumbentsince	17 November 2023
department	Executive branch of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
style	Mr. Deputy Prime Minister (informal)
The Honourable (formal)
status	Second highest executive branch officer
member_of
seat	Luxembourg City
appointer	Prime Minister
formation
termlength	No fixed term
constituting_instrument	Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
first	Eugène Schaus
unofficial_names	Vice Prime Minister
"Vize Premier"
website	[gouvernement.lu](https://gouvernement.lu/en/gouvernement/xavier-bettel.html)

The Honourable (formal) "Vize Premier" The deputy prime minister of Luxembourg () is the second-highest position in the government of Luxembourg. The deputy serves a vital function in Luxembourg's collegiate cabinet system, deputises for the prime minister when he is absent, represents his or her own political party, and holds other government positions.

Since the position was created, in 1959, almost all governments have been coalitions of two of the three major parties: the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), and the Democratic Party (DP). The current government consists of the CSV and the DP. The deputy prime minister has always been a leading politician from the junior coalition partner. During Xavier Bettel's second term as Prime Minister (2018-2023), the position was shared by a First and Second Deputy Prime Minister, representing the two junior partners in the coalition respectively (the LSAP and déi Gréng).

Since 1989, the title of Deputy Prime Minister has been an official one, although the position had been unofficially known by that name since its creation. From the position's creation until 1989, the deputy prime minister went by the title of Vice-President of the Government. This mirrored the prime minister's title, which was President of the Government until 1989. The name Vice Prime Minister is also used.

List of deputy prime ministers

Deputy Prime Minister	Party	Start date	End date	Reason for departure	Prime Minister	Government	Deputy Prime Minister (since 2 March 1959)		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}"
[[File:EugeneSchaus1960.jpg	60px]]	Eugène Schaus	DP	2 March 1959	15 July 1964	Coalition partner changed	Christian Social People's Party}}"	Pierre Werner	Werner-Schaus I
[[File:H.M. krijgt bloemen van de dochter van mr. Reynen (l), voorzitter sectie Nederla, Bestanddeelnr 930-2606 (cropped).jpg	77x77px]]	Henry Cravatte	LSAP	15 July 1964	6 February 1969	Coalition partner changed	Werner-Cravatte
[[File:EugeneSchaus1960.jpg	60px]]	Eugène Schaus	DP	6 February 1969	15 June 1974	Government lost election	Werner-Schaus II
[[File:Raymond Vouel EC Portrait 1976.jpg	60px]]	Raymond Vouel	LSAP	15 June 1974	21 July 1976	Appointed to EC Commission	Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}"	Gaston Thorn	Thorn
[[File:Herbert Ehrenberg, Benny Berg 1978 (cropped).tif	60px]]	Bernard Berg	LSAP	21 July 1976	16 July 1979	Government lost election	Thorn
[[File:Thorn EC Portrait 1980.jpg	60px]]	Gaston Thorn	DP	16 July 1979	22 November 1980	Appointed EC President	Christian Social People's Party}}"	Pierre Werner	Werner-Thorn-Flesch
[[File:Colette Flesch MEP 1980s (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Colette Flesch	DP	22 November 1980	20 July 1984	Coalition partner changed	Werner-Thorn-Flesch
[[File:Mosar Poos 1986 (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Jacques Poos	LSAP	20 July 1984	26 January 1995	Coalition partner changed	Christian Social People's Party}}"	Jacques Santer	Santer-Poos I, II and III
26 January 1995	7 August 1999	Christian Social People's Party}}"		Jean-Claude Juncker	Juncker-Poos
[[File:Polfer MEP 2004.jpg	60px]]	Lydie Polfer	DP	7 August 1999	31 July 2004	Coalition partner changed	Juncker-Polfer
[[File:Informal meeting of ministers for foreign affairs (Gymnich). Arrivals Jean Asselborn (36927346612) CROPPED.jpg	60px]]	Jean Asselborn	LSAP	31 July 2004	4 December 2013	Resigned	Juncker–Asselborn I and II
[[File:Xavier Bettel 2025 (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Xavier Bettel	DP	17 November 2023	Incumbent		Christian Social People's Party}}"	Luc Frieden	Frieden-Bettel Government
[[File:Informal meeting of justice and home affairs Handshake (Justice) Urmas Reinsalu and Etienne Schneider (34915138884) - crop Schneider.jpg	60px]]	Etienne Schneider	LSAP	4 December 2013	4 February 2020	Resigned	Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}"	Xavier Bettel	Bettel I and II
[[File:DanKersch 2015.jpg	60px]]	Dan Kersch	LSAP	4 February 2020	5 January 2022	Resigned	Bettel II
[[File:Donors Roundtable Financial Inclusion Fund (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Paulette Lenert	LSAP	5 January 2022	17 November 2023	Government lost election	Bettel II
[[File:Félix Braz 2015 (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Félix Braz	DG	5 December 2018	11 October 2019	Health	Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}"	Xavier Bettel	Bettel II
[[File:Luxembourg, inauguration tram phase 2 (104) CROPPED Bausch.jpg	60px]]	François Bausch	DG	11 October 2019	17 November 2023	Government lost election	Bettel II

PlotArea = top:10 bottom:100 right:150 left:20 AlignBars = late

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from: 02/03/1959 till: 15/07/1964 color:DP text:"Schaus" fontsize:10 from: 15/07/1964 till: 06/02/1969 color:LSAP text:"Cravatte" fontsize:10 from: 06/02/1969 till: 15/06/1974 color:DP text:"Schaus" fontsize:10 from: 15/06/1974 till: 21/07/1976 color:LSAP text:"Vouel" fontsize:10 from: 21/07/1976 till: 16/07/1979 color:LSAP text:"Berg" fontsize:10 from: 16/07/1979 till: 22/11/1980 color:DP text:"Thorn" fontsize:10 from: 22/11/1980 till: 20/07/1984 color:DP text:"Flesch" fontsize:10 from: 20/07/1984 till: 07/08/1999 color:LSAP text:"Poos" fontsize:10 from: 07/08/1999 till: 31/07/2004 color:DP text:"Polfer" fontsize:10 from: 31/07/2004 till: 04/12/2013 color:LSAP text:"Asselborn" fontsize:10 from: 04/12/2013 till: 04/02/2020 color:LSAP text:"Schneider" fontsize:10 from: 04/02/2020 till: 05/01/2022 color:LSAP text:"Kersch" fontsize:10 from: 05/01/2022 till: 17/11/2023 color:LSAP text:"Lenert" fontsize:10 from: 05/12/2018 till: 11/11/2019 color:DG text:"Braz" fontsize:10 from: 11/11/2019 till: 17/11/2023 color:DG text:"Bausch" fontsize:10 from: 17/11/2023 till: end color:DP text:"Bettel" fontsize:10

Footnotes

References

Thewes (2003), p. 205
Thewes (2003), p. 209
Thewes (2003), p. 160
Thewes (2003), p. 172
Thewes (2003), p. 182
Thewes (2003), p. 192
Thewes (2003), pp. 192-3
Thewes (2003), p. 204
Thewes (2003), p. 230

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