Anne Brasseur
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Anne Brasseur | |
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 Brasseur in 2015 | |
| Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Parliamentary group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Minister for National Education, Vocational Training and Sports | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1950 Luxembourg |
| Party | Democratic Party |
Anne Brasseur (born 19 May 1950) is a Luxembourgish politician[1] and former sports and training minister. On 28 January 2014 Brasseur was elected as the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for a one-year renewable term, the second woman to hold this post.
Minister for National Education, Vocational Training and Sports, 1999–2004
Brasseur began her political career when she was elected to the city council of Luxembourg in 1976. She was the president of the Association des Femmes Libérales. (ANSFL)
From 1999 to 2004 Brasseur was a cabinet minister of Luxembourg, Minister for National Education, Vocational Training and Sports (Ministre de l'Éducation nationale, de la Formation professionnelle et des Sports), in the government of Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.[1]
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 2009–present
From 2009 to 2014, Brasseur was president of The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (ALDE-PACE).[2] In January 2014, she was elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; she received an absolute majority of votes in the first round. On 26 January 2015, she was re-elected for a new mandate of one year.[3] From 2016 to 2018, she had served as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; the Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism; and the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World.