Etienne Schneider, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Etienne Schneider

Luxembourgish economist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1971

Place of Birth: Diddeleng, Luxembourg

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Luxembourg

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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Etienne Schneider (Luxembourgish pronunciation: ['?n???d?]; born 29 January 1971) is a Luxembourg politician and economist of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP).
He was a municipal councillor in Kayl from 1995 to 2005, and from 1997 to 2004, he was secretary general of the parliamentary group of the LSAP in Parliament.
He was elected first alderman of the municipality of Kayl in 2005, a mandate he held until May 2010.
Schneider was appointed Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade on 1 February 2012.
In the government formed following the 2013 Luxembourg general election he is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy.
He continued to hold these offices following the 2018 Luxembourg general election, where he became the health minister too.
From 2013 to 2018, he served as Minister for Defence.
Following the 2018 Luxembourg general election, he became the first openly gay politician to be reelected for the office of deputy minister.