Lydie Polfer

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| image = Lydie Polfer 2022 (cropped).jpg

| name = Lydie Polfer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|11|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

| death_place =

| office = Mayor of Luxembourg City

| term_start = 17 December 2013

| term_end =

| predecessor = Xavier Bettel

| predecessor1 = Camille Polfer

| successor1 = Paul Helminger

| term_start1 = 1 January 1982

| term_end1 = 18 August 1999

| successor =

| office2 =9th Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg

| term_start2 = 7 August 1999

| term_end2 = 31 July 2004

| primeminister2 = Jean-Claude Juncker

| predecessor2 = Jacques Poos

| successor2 = Jean Asselborn

| office3 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| term_start3 = 7 August 1999

| term_end3 = 31 July 2004

| primeminister3 = Jean-Claude Juncker

| predecessor3 = Jacques Poos

| successor3 = Jean Asselborn

| party = Democratic Party

| occupation =

| spouse =

| religion =

| residence = Luxembourg City

| office4 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start4 = 8 July 2009

}}

Lydie Polfer (born 22 November 1952){{cite web | title=Lydie Polfer | url=http://www.chd.lu/fr/organisation/membres/membres.jsp?ID=126 | publisher=Chamber of Deputies | access-date=2009-04-10 | language=fr | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108101022/http://www.chd.lu/fr/organisation/membres/membres.jsp?ID=126 | archive-date=2016-01-08 | url-status=dead }} is a Luxembourgish politician of the Democratic Party who has served as Mayor of Luxembourg City since 2013, having previously held the role from 1982 to 1999. She has served in a number of other capacities, including as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, as well as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Political career

Polfer succeeded her father, Camille Polfer, as mayor of Luxembourg City, when he was forced to resign from the position due to poor health after only two years.{{Cite web |title=Streaming now on RTL PLAY: Lydie Polfer interviewed on brand new episode of Conversations With Christos |url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2027519.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=today.rtl.lu |language=en}} She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1984 election, representing Centre. She was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of Jean-Claude Juncker from August 1999 until July 2004.

In the 2004 legislative election, Polfer was elected, once again, top of the DP list, coming second overall to Luc Frieden.{{cite web | title=2004: Circonscription Centre | url=http://www.elections.public.lu/fr/elections-legislatives/2004/resultats/circonscriptions/centre/index.html | date=7 April 2009 | publisher=Service Information et Presse | access-date=2009-04-10 |language=fr}} However, the DP polled poorly overall, losing five seats nationwide, and, with them, their position as the second-largest party and kingmakers. As such, the CSV entered instead into a coalition with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), ejecting Polfer from the government. The European Parliament election held on the same day also saw the DP lose votes, as well as fall to fourth, behind the Greens for the first time. Nonetheless, Polfer still came top of the DP list (and third overall),{{cite web | title=2004: Circonscription Unique | url=http://www.elections.public.lu/fr/elections-europeennes/2004/resultats/circonscriptions/unique/index.html | date=7 April 2009 | publisher=Service Information et Presse | access-date=2009-04-10 |language=fr}} and took her place in the European Parliament, where the DP sit in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

She is now once again Mayor of Luxembourg City, after previously being mayor there from 1982 to 1999. Polfer is a Vice Chair of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

In 2023 elections Polfer finished 3rd on the DP list, with 19,345 votes.{{Cite web |title=RTL Today - National elections |url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/national-elections |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=RTL Today |language=en}}

Footnotes

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160108101022/http://www.chd.lu/fr/organisation/membres/membres.jsp?ID=126 Chamber of Deputies official website biography]

{{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Luxembourg City

|years=1982 – 1999}}

{{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Luxembourg City

|years=2013 – Present}}

{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Prime Minister

|years=1999 – 2004}}

{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Foreign Affairs

|years=1999 – 2004}}

{{s-ttl|title=President of the DP

|years=1994 – 2004}}

Category:Ministers for foreign affairs of Luxembourg

Category:Deputy prime ministers of Luxembourg