Jean-Marie Halsdorf
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Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byJean-Louis Schiltz
Succeeded byEtienne Schneider
Preceded byRoger Klein
Jean-Marie Halsdorf | |
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| Minister for Defence | |
| In office 23 July 2009 – 4 December 2013 | |
| 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 | Jean-Marie Eugène Pierre Henri Halsdorf 1 February 1957 |
| Party | Christian Social People's Party |
Jean-Marie Eugène Pierre Henri Halsdorf (born 1 February 1957)[1] is a Luxembourgish politician of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) who was Minister for Defence of Luxembourg in the Juncker–Asselborn II Government.
He attended grammar school in Echternach and went to university in Strasbourg, France. In 1988 he was elected to the town council of Pétange.
Mayor of Pétange, Deputy and Cabinet Minister
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.
