The grand duke received the formateur, Luc Frieden (CSV, on the left), on Wednesday 15 November 2023. Photo: Maison du Grand-Duc

The grand duke received the formateur, Luc Frieden (CSV, on the left), on Wednesday 15 November 2023. Photo: Maison du Grand-Duc

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The grand duke received the formateur, Luc Frieden (CSV, on the left), on Wednesday 15 November 2023. Photo: Maison du Grand-Duc
(l-r) Marc Spautz, Georges Mischo, Martine Hansen, Léon Gloden, Gilles Roth, Claude Wiseler, Elisabeth Margue, Serge Wilmes, Martine Deprez and Christope Hansen, from the CSV.  Photo: Guy Wolff / Maison Moderne
(l-r) Claude Meisch, Yuriko Backes, Max Hahn, Xavier Bettel, Stéphanie Obertin, Éric Thill and Lex Delles, the seven ministers from the DP. Photo: Thierry Labro / Maison Moderne
CSV party delegates during the coalition agreement presented by Luc Frieden. Photo: Guy Wolff / Maison Moderne
(l-r) Luc Frieden, Georges Mischo and Martine Hansen at the CSV’s national council meeting on Wednesday 15 November 2023. Photo: Guy Wolff / Maison Moderne
(l-r) Serge Wilmes, Leon Gloden, Elisabeth Margue, Martine Deprez and Michel Wolter at the CSV’s national convention on Wednesday evening. Photo: Guy Wolff / Maison Moderne

Wednesday was a busy day. The highlight was the adoption of the coalition agreement by the CSV and the DP and the unveiling of the Frieden government in the evening.

The portfolios of the eight ministers from the CSV are as follows:

- , prime minister

- , minister of finance

- , minister for agriculture, food, viticulture and consumer protection

- , minister for the interior

- , minister of justice, minister attached to the prime minister for relations with parliament, minister attached to the prime minister for media and communications

- , minister for sport and labour

- , minister for the civil service and the environment, climate and biodiversity

- Martine Deprez (from civil society), minister for health and social security.

The portfolios of the seven ministers from the DP are as follows:

- , deputy prime minister, minister for foreign and European affairs, cooperation, foreign trade and the Greater Region

- , minister for the economy, energy, SMEs and tourism

- , minister for national education, housing, children and youth

- , minister for the family, solidarity and the reception of refugees

- , minister for defence, gender equality and diversity, minister for mobility and public works

- Éric Thill, minister for culture and minister delegate for tourism

- Stéphanie Obertin, minister for digitalisation, research and higher education.

This article was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.

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