After 15 years in office, Lydie Lorang saw her term of office end in January and the post of Councillor of State had been vacant ever since. This Wednesday, the government proposed the appointment of Lynn Frank.

The 39-year-old lawyer, who has been a member of the bar since 2013, was on the CSV centre list at the last legislative elections and is a basketball fan. She has civil, commercial and employment litigation as her areas of expertise, but is also a specialist in sports law as well as criminal and employment law.

The members of the Council of State are appointed by the grand duke, alternatively, on the nomination of a candidate by the government, on the nomination of a candidate by the member of parliament or on the nomination of a candidate by the Council of State. In the first two cases after the Council of State has itself “shortlisted” two profiles.

The post was vacant following the departure of Lydie Lorang in January: on Wednesday, the government said it had proposed the appointment of lawyer Lynn Frank to the post of Councillor of State.