Sam Tanson
{{short description|Luxembourgish lawyer and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Sam Tanson
| image = Ukraine Accountability Conference The Hague 2022 (52215447856) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Tanson in 2022
| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
| constituency1 = Centre
| term_start1 = 21 November 2023
| term_end1 =
| term_start2 = 17 April 2018
| term_end2 = 5 December 2018
| predecessor2 = Roberto Traversini
| successor2 =
| office3 = Minister of Justice
| term_start3 = 6 September 2019
| term_end3 = 17 November 2023
| predecessor3 = Félix Braz
| successor3 = Elisabeth Margue
| office4 = Minister of Culture
| term_start4 = 5 December 2018
| term_end4 = 17 November 2023
| predecessor4 = Xavier Bettel
| successor4 =
| office5 = Minister of Housing
| term_start5 = 5 December 2018
| term_end5 = 11 October 2019
| predecessor5 = Marc Hansen
| successor5 = Henri Kox
| office6 = Chief Alderwoman of Luxembourg City
| predecessor6 = François Bausch
| successor6 = Serge Wilmes
| term_start6 = 17 December 2013
| term_end6 = 22 November 2017
| 1blankname6 = Mayor
| 1namedata6 = Lydie Polfer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|04|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Luxembourg City
| birth_name =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = The Greens
| alma_mater =
| occupation =Lawyer
}}
Samantha Tanson (born 4 April 1977){{cite web |language=fr| url=http://www.vdl.lu/Politique+et+Administration/Conseil+communal/Composition+/Sam+Tanson.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702202222/http://www.vdl.lu/Politique+et+Administration/Conseil+communal/Composition+/Sam+Tanson.html|archive-date=2 July 2017 | title=Sam Tanson|publisher=official website of the City of Luxembourg|access-date=12 December 2019}} is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of Culture from December 2018 to November 2023 and the Minister of Justice from September 2019 to November 2023. She was also the Minister of Housing between December 2018 and October 2019.
Biography
Tanson studied at Pantheon-Sorbonne University in Paris and completed her studies with a master's degree in law and a diploma from Sciences Po Paris.
She was a collaborator of Luxembourg weekly newspaper D'Lëtzebuerger Land, and from 2002 to 2005 a journalist at {{ill|RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg|fr}}. She became a lawyer in 2005.
In 2009, she became one of the two spokespeople of the youth organisation of The Greens party. She was the spokeswoman of the party from 2009 to 2010 (alongside Christian Goebel) and later chaired the party. Moreover, she was the vice-chairwoman of the party foundation Grénger Stëftung alongside Claude Turmes.
From 2011 to 2018, Tanson represented The Greens in the Luxembourg communal council. From 2013 to 2017, she was Chief Alderwoman of Luxembourg City in charge of finance and mobility.{{cite news|language=de|url=http://www.wort.lu/de/view/sam-tanson-neue-finanzschoeffin-der-hauptstadt-wir-haben-noch-viel-vor-52d56a6ee4b013b24c8ee163 |title=Neue Finanzschöffin Tanson: "Wir haben viel vor.|date=15 January 2014|newspaper=Luxemburger Wort}}
On 7 June 2015, she was appointed to the Council of State as a replacement for Agnès Rausch.{{cite web|language=lb|url=http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/conseil-d-etat/historique/membresdepuis1857.html |title=D'Lëscht vun de Membere vum Staatsrot|publisher=Council of State of Luxembourg|website=conseil-etat.public.lu|date=24 May 2023 }} However, she resigned from that position in order to replace her party colleague Claude Adam in the Chamber of Deputies.{{cite news|language=de|url=http://www.rtl.lu/letzebuerg/1152923.html |title=Sam Tanson ersetzt Claude Adam|publisher=RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg|date=20 March 2018}} She was re-elected as a deputy in the October 2018 general election.{{cite web |language=fr|url=https://elections.public.lu/fr/elections-legislatives/2018/resultats/partis/dei-greng.html |title=Déi Gréng |website=elections.public.lu}} Nonetheless, she resigned from her seat to take office as the Minister of Housing and the Minister of Culture within the Second Bettel–Schneider Ministry on 5 December 2018.
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On 6 September 2019, Tanson became the interim Minister of Justice as a replacement for Félix Braz, who suffered from severe illness.{{cite news|language=fr|url=https://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/dei-greng-tanson-va-officiellement-succeder-a-braz/|title=Déi gréng : Tanson va officiellement succéder à Braz|date=25 September 2019|newspaper=Le Quotidien|access-date=12 December 2019}} She was appointed as the titular Minister of Justice on 25 September 2019.
References
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External links
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- [https://gouvernement.lu/en/gouvernement/tanson-sam/CV.html Sam Tanson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208130934/https://gouvernement.lu/en/gouvernement/tanson-sam/CV.html |date=8 December 2018 }}, Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
- [https://samtanson.com/ Sam Tanson's official website] (in Luxembourgish) {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
Category:Women government ministers of Luxembourg
Category:Ministers for justice of Luxembourg
Category:Members of the Council of State of Luxembourg
Category:Female justice ministers
Category:People from Luxembourg City
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