Jean-Marie Halsdorf | |
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Minister for Defence of Luxembourg | |
In office 23 July 2009 – 4 December 2013 | |
Monarch | Henri |
Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker |
Preceded by | Jean-Louis Schiltz |
Succeeded by | Etienne Schneider |
18th Mayor of Pétange | |
In office 2000–2004 | |
Preceded by | Roger Klein |
Succeeded by | Pierre Mellina |
Personal details | |
Born | Petange | 1 February 1957
Political party | Christian Social People's Party |
Jean-Marie Halsdorf (born 1 February 1957 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish politician who was Minister for Defence of Luxembourg. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party (Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei).
He attended grammar school in Echternach and went to university in Strasbourg, France. In 1988 he was elected to the town council of Pétange.
In 2000, he became Mayor of Pétange.
In 1994 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, and in 2004 he became a cabinet minister. At that time, he stepped down as Mayor of Pétange.