Etienne Schneider
Etienne Schneider | |
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Schneider in 2017 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg | |
| In office 4 December 2013 – 4 February 2020 Serving with Félix Braz (2018–20) | |
| Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Jean Asselborn |
| Succeeded by | Dan Kersch |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 5 December 2018 – 4 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Lydia Mutsch |
| Succeeded by | Paulette Lenert |
| Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade | |
| In office 1 February 2012 – 4 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Jeannot Krecké |
| Succeeded by | Franz Fayot |
| Minister for Defence | |
| In office 4 December 2013 – 5 December 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | Jean-Marie Halsdorf |
| Succeeded by | François Bausch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1971 |
| Party | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse |
Jérôme Domange (m. 2016) |
| Alma mater | ICHEC Brussels Management School University of Greenwich |
Etienne Schneider (Luxembourgish pronunciation: [eˈtjæn ˈʃnɑɪ̯dɐ]; born 29 January 1971) is a Luxembourgish politician and economist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to 2020. He is a member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP).
Schneider was a communal councillor in Kayl from 1995 to 2010, serving as the commune's first alderman from 2005 to 2010. From 1997 to 2004, he was secretary general of the LSAP parliamentary group.
Schneider was appointed Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade on 1 February 2012. In the government formed following the 2013 general election, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Economy. He continued to hold these offices following the 2018 general election, where he became the health minister as well. From 2013 to 2018, Schneider served as Minister for Defence. Following the 2018 general election, he became the first openly gay politician to be reelected for the office of deputy prime minister.
After stepping down as deputy prime minister on 4 February 2020, Schneider entered the private sector on the board of directors of both ArcelorMittal and the Vladimir Yevtushenkov and Evgeny Novitsky associated Russian firm Sistema.