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Félix Braz | |
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Second Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg | |
In office 5 December 2018 – 11 October 2019 Serving with
Etienne Schneider | |
Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | François Bausch |
Minister for Justice | |
In office 4 December 2013 – 11 October 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Xavier Bettel |
Preceded by | Octavie Modert |
Succeeded by | Sam Tanson |
Personal details | |
Born | Differdange, Luxembourg | 16 March 1966
Citizenship |
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Political party | Greens |
Félix Braz (born 16 March 1966) [2] is a Luxembourgish politician who served as Second Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Greens, Braz also served as Minister of Justice in the Bettel-Schneider coalition government. In October 2019, he resigned as Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice because of health issues. [3] [4]
Braz, son of Portuguese immigrants living in Luxembourg since 1960, was born in Differdange in 1966. [2] He became a Luxembourg citizen when he completed 18 years old, in 1984. [5] After secondary school, he started studying law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University, but broke off his studies after one year. [2]
In 1990 he worked as chief editor and presenter of a news broadcast in Portuguese on RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg. [2]
From 1991 he was the parliamentary secretary for the Greens. [2] He was also a communal councillor in Esch-sur-Alzette from 1995 to 2000, and an alderman (échevin) from 2000 to 2011. [2]
He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2004 for the Sud constituency, and was re-elected in 2009 and 2013. [2] In the Chamber, he was vice-chairman of the Committee for Transport from 2004 to 2009. [2] After the October 2013 elections, he became chairman of the Greens' parliamentary group. [2] He joined the new coalition government as Minister for Justice on 4 December 2013. [2]