Fred Keup is the top candidate (Spitzenkandidat) of the ADR. Photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne

Fred Keup is the top candidate (Spitzenkandidat) of the ADR. Photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne

The president of the ADR and deputy Fred Keup has been appointed head of his party's national list for the next legislative elections. He was unanimously elected at the national congress on Sunday 26 March in Dommeldange.

One year after his election as head of the ADR, has been appointed head of the national list for the legislative elections of 8 October 2023. He will commit himself “for a better Luxembourg”. This is nothing new for the candidate who campaigned on this theme during the 2018 legislative elections, finishing in second place in the southern constituency. At the party's New Year's ceremony Keup reiterated his desire to reach five seats in order to obtain a fraction in the chamber.

Keup, 42, is a professor of geography. He entered the Chamber of Deputies in October 2020 following the withdrawal of .

In 2015, he was one of the key players in the campaign against the constitutional referendum and also campaigned against the right to vote for foreigners. Keup is a former member of the CSV and déi Lenk and wants to position himself as a defender of the Luxembourg language.

This article was originally published in French on and translated for Delano.