List of presidents of the Council of State of Luxembourg


The President of the Council of State is the leader of Luxembourg's Council of State.
He or she is appointed by the Grand Duke, along with two Vice Presidents, and the appointment lasts for one year. The President of the Council of State must be either a member of the Council of State or the Grand Duke himself. However, to date, the latter option has never been taken, and it has become convention that the Grand Duke cannot be the President.
Note that the position has often been left vacant, so few of the successions were immediate.

List of presidents

PresidentStart dateEnd date
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine28 Nov 185710 Apr 1868
Charles-Mathias Simons 5 Jan 1869 5 Jan 1870
François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet16 Feb 187016 Feb 1871
Vendelin Jurion15 Mar 187115 Mar 1872
Édouard Thilges 25 Jul 187229 Jul 1874
Emmanuel Servais27 Dec 1874 8 Nov 1887
Henri Vannérus 15 Feb 188815 Feb 1889
Édouard Thilges 15 Feb 188923 May 1895
Henri Vannérus 23 May 189528 Dec 1914
Victor Thorn 28 Dec 1914 3 Mar 1915
Victor Thorn  6 Nov 191524 Feb 1916
Mathias Mongenast 1 Apr 191619 Jun 1917
Victor Thorn 19 Jun 191715 Sep 1930
Joseph Steichen27 Feb 193120 Feb 1932
Ernest Hamélius10 Jun 193216 Nov 1945
Léon Kauffmann14 Dec 194514 Feb 1952
Félix Welter14 Feb 195230 Jun 1969
Maurice Sevenig 1 Jul 196926 Jun 1975
Emile Raus26 Jun 197525 Jun 1976
Albert Goldmann26 Jun 1976 4 Dec 1976
Ferdinand Wirtgen20 Dec 197630 Sep 1978
Roger Maul 1 Oct 197816 Sep 1979
Alex Bonn21 Sep 197918 Jun 1980
François Goerens20 Jun 1980 2 Aug 1987
Ernest Arendt 6 Aug 1987 6 Aug 1988
Georges Thorn 6 Aug 198830 Oct 1991
Jean Dupong 1 Nov 199118 May 1994
Paul Beghin19 May 199431 Dec 1999
Raymond Kirsch14 Jan 200013 Jan 2001
Marcel Sauber15 Jan 200111 Mar 2003
Pierre Mores29 Apr 200330 Sep 2007
Alain Meyer30 Sep 200730 Sep 2009
Georges Schroeder30 Sep 2009 6 Jun 2012
Victor Gillen 7 Aug 201220 Dec 2014
Viviane Ecker23 Dec 2014Present day