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Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician who serves as the deputy prime minister of Luxembourg and as the minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as the prime minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to 2023. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and mayor of Luxembourg City from 2011 to 2013.
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Born 3 March 1973 · Q561213
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But I told myself that if you want to be a politician and be honest in politics, you have to be honest with yourself and accept that you are who you are.
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“But being intolerant is a choice. I would stay intolerant to intolerance and this would be today my fight … I am going to tell him that what he is doing in his country is intolerant and that being gay is not a choice.”
“But I told myself that if you want to be a politician and be honest in politics, you have to be honest with yourself and accept that you are who you are.”
“This wouldn’t happen in Luxembourg.”
“I asked also Mr Johnson: I read in the papers a few days ago that it goes from ‘big progress’, to Hulk , to David Cameron proposing a second Brexit [referendum]. And Mr Johnson said there won’t be a second referendum, because I asked him: wouldn’t that be a solution to get out of the situation?”
“People need to know what is going to happen to them in six weeks time. They need certainty and they need stability. You cannot hold their future hostage for party political gain.”
Yahoo: “Sometimes not answering is the best answer”: Xavier Bettel on bullies
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2026).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class (2024).
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“the last support they have in the world”
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (2023).
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg (2023).
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In the Frieden-Bettel Government
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“from today’s standpoint, it could have – yes, maybe should have – been done differently.”
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Awarded Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (2018).
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Career landmark: Minister for Administrative Reform (2018–2023).
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Career landmark: minister for Digitalisation (2018–2023).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2017).
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Also received an honorary doctorate from Sacred Heart University Luxembourg
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (2014).
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Career landmark: minister for Religious Affairs (2013–2023).
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Career landmark: minister for Communications and Media (2013–2023).
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Bettel was elected leader of the Democratic Party
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Career landmark: minister of State (2013–2023).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Luxembourg (2013–2023).
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Career landmark: mayor of Luxembourg (2011–2013).
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Career landmark: Échevin (2005–2011).
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Career landmark: municipal councillor (2000–2005).
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Is dedicated to the topic of electoral reform at the European Parliament
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At age 15, and became the president of the party's youth wing in 1993
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Born 1973-03-03.
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Eventually joining the DP and becoming a member of the Luxembourgish National Council for Foreigners
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I asked also Mr Johnson: I read in the papers a few days ago that it goes from ‘big progress’, to Hulk , to David Cameron proposing a second Brexit [referendum]. And Mr Johnson said there won’t be a second referendum, because I asked him: wouldn’t that be a solution to get out of the situation?
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