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Council of State of Luxembourg

Council of State
Staatsrot
Conseil d'État
Staatsrat
Formation27 November 1856 (1856-11-27)
FounderWilliam III of the Netherlands
Legal statusAdvisory body
Membership
21 Councillors
Marc Thewes[1]
Henri
Websiteconseil-etat.public.lu

The Council of State (Luxembourgish: Staatsrot, French: Conseil d'État, German: Staatsrat) is an institution in Luxembourg that advises the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies as well as the Government. Until 1 January 1997, it was also the country's supreme administrative court, but this function was ceded to the newly created Administrative Tribunal and Administrative Court.[2]

The Council of State was created by King-Grand Duke William III in the Coup of 1856. It was originally entirely appointed by the Grand Duke, but this was changed in 1866, and, despite the roll-back of many changes brought about by the coup, the Council of State has otherwise remained.[3]

Composition

The Council of State is composed of twenty-one councillors, who are appointed by the Grand Duke on the proposal, in order, of the government, the parliament as well as the Council of State. Of these, at least eleven must hold degrees in law.[4] Neither number applies to the Hereditary Grand Duke, who may be appointed as an additional member of the Council.[4] Membership is restricted to Luxembourgish nationals, who are resident in the Grand Duchy, are in possession of their full civil and political rights, and are at least 30 years old.[4] The final restriction does not apply to the heir to the Grand Duchy, who may be appointed upon being granted that title up until his appointed as Lieutenant-Représentant of the Grand Duke.

Current councillors

As of 7 April 2024, the members of the Council of State are:[5]

Position Name Nominator[6] Councillor since[7]
President Marc Thewes CSV 4 February 2015
Vice Presidents Christophe Schiltz LSAP 28 November 2013
Alain Kinsch DP 4 February 2015
Councillors Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke # Grand Duke 2006-06-1010 June 2006
Alex Bodry LSAP 20 January 2020
Deidre Du Bois Greens 13 December 2019
Monique Adams LSAP 14 January 2022
Josiane Pauly Greens 17 september 2021
Lydie Lorang CSV[8] 2010-02-011 February 2010
Paul Wirtgen CSV 16 March 2022
Alex Penning ADR 29 March 2024
Marc Meyers DP 18 March 2021
Lucien Lux LSAP 24 December 2013
Yves Wagener Greens 15 February 2019
Luc Feller CSV 29 March 2024
Jeannot Nies CSV 11 May 2015
Véronique Stoffel ADR 5 March 2018
Dan Theisen DP 10 June 2015
Héloïse Bock DP 25 July 2015
Marc Colas CSV 27 November 2015
Isabelle Schlesser 1 July 2016

Footnotes

  1. ^ https://delano.lu/article/marc-thewes-alain-kirsch-alex- [bare URL]
  2. ^ Marc Feyereisen. "Report for Luxembourg" (PDF). Association of Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  3. ^ Christiane Huberty (November 2006). "Le Conseil d'État – un produit du conflit constitutionnel du milieu du XIXe siècle" (PDF) (in French). forum.lu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "Composition" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  5. ^ https://conseil-etat.public.lu/content/dam/conseil_etat/fr/membresactuels/composition-152024.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "On achève bien les chevaux" (PDF). Forum 261 (in French). Forum. 10 November 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  7. ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  8. ^ Zeimet, Laurent (14 January 2010). "Wird Lydie Lorang neues Mitglied des Staatsrates?". Luxemburger Wort (in German). Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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