Taina Bofferding
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Taina Bofferding (born 22 November 1982) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the Minister of the Interior and of Equality between Men and Women under the Government of Xavier Bettel from 2018 to 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/luxembourg-les-noms-du-nouveau-gouvernement/|title=Luxembourg : les noms du nouveau gouvernement|last=Gamelon|first=Hubert|website=Le Quotidien|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-07-02}} She was replaced by Léon Gloden as the new Minister of Internal Affairs in 2023.{{cite news |title=Voici la composition du nouveau gouvernement Frieden-Bettel |url=https://infos.rtl.lu/actu/luxembourg/a/2138065.html |access-date=8 April 2025 |work=RTL |date=17 November 2023}}
Early life
After high school at Hubert-Clément High School in Esch-sur-Alzette, her hometown, she first studied as an educator at the Luxembourg Institute of Educational and Social Studies (IEES), from which she graduated in 2005, then studied in social sciences at the University of Trier which gives her the title of Master in Social Sciences in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://gouvernement.lu/en/gouvernement/bofferding-taina.html|title=Bofferding, Taina|date=2018-04-12|website=gouvernement.lu|language=fr|access-date=2019-07-02}}
Political career
A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers Party (LSAP) since 2004,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lsap.lu/fr/membre/taina-bofferding/|title=Taina Bofferding|website=LSAP d'Sozialisten|language=fr|access-date=2019-07-02}} she was vice-president of the Alliance of Humanists and Atheists (AHA) from 2010 to 2018, which seeks to separate the socio-political and religious domains more radically.{{Cite news|url=https://humanists.international/2010/11/luxembourg-launches-humanist-association/|title=Luxembourg launches Humanist association|date=2010-11-03|work=Humanists International|access-date=2019-07-02|language=en-US}} Until 207, she was also trade union secretary for the Independent Luxembourg Trade Union Confederation (OGB-L).{{cite web |title=Taina Bofferding {{!}} Chambre des députés du grand-duché de Luxembourg |url=https://www.chd.lu/en/deputy/853 |website=www.chd.lu |access-date=8 April 2025 |language=en}}
Since 5 December 2013 until 30 October 2018 she was member of the Chamber of Deputies. She stood for the reelection in the 2018 Luxembourg general election but just missed getting a direct mandate.{{cite web |title=Esch-sur-Alzette |url=https://elections.public.lu/fr/elections-legislatives/2018/resultats/communes/esch-sur-alzette.html |website=elections.public.lu |access-date=8 April 2025 |language=fr}} She was also member of the city council of Esch-sur-Alzette between 2013 and 2018.{{cite web |title=Taina Bofferding |url=https://gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/documents/ministres/cv/2018/de/Taina-Bofferding.pdf |website=gouvernement.lu |access-date=8 April 2025}}
From 2018 to 2023 she was Minister of the Interior and of Equality between Men and Women. In 2018, she helped reform emergency services with the creation of the Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps (CGDIS), and stated that her main goals for 2019 were to reinstall a committee for the reform of property tax and reform municipal law.{{cite web |title=Taina Bofferding esquisse les projets de réforme pour l’année 2019 |url=https://gouvernement.lu/fr/actualites/toutes_actualites/communiques/2019/01-janvier/07-bofferding-reformes.html |website=gouvernement.lu |access-date=8 April 2025 |language=fr |date=7 January 2019}} As Minister of Equality, she was particularly vocal in supporting companies that strengthened the approach to equality and promoted women's career advancements.{{cite news |title=Taina Bofferding réunit des organisations: Agir ensemble pour l’égalité et la mixité dans les postes à responsabilité |url=https://gemengen.lu/web/2019/04/04/taina-bofferding-reunit-des-organisations-agir-ensemble-pour-legalite-et-la-mixite-dans-les-postes-a-responsabilite/ |access-date=8 April 2025 |work=Lëtzebuerger Gemengen |date=4 April 2019 |language=fr-FR}}
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Category:Women government ministers of Luxembourg
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
Category:University of Trier alumni
Category:People from Esch-sur-Alzette
Category:21st-century Luxembourgian women politicians
Category:21st-century Luxembourgian politicians
Category:Councillors in Esch-sur-Alzette