Christian Social People's Party

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Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei Parti populaire chrétien social Christlich Soziale Volkspartei
President	François Biltgen
Founded	1944
Headquarters	34 rue de l'Eau Luxembourg City
Youth wing	Christian Social Youth
Ideology	Conservatism, Christian democracy
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament Group	EPP Group
Official colors	Orange and Grey
Website
http://www.csv.lu/

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The Christian Social People's Party (Luxembourgish: Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, French: Parti populaire chrétien social, German: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the Centrist Democrat International, and an associate member of the International Democrat Union.

The CSV has been the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies since the party's formation, and currently holds 24 of 60 seats in the Chamber. Since the Second World War, every Prime Minister of Luxembourg has been a member of the CSV, with only one exception (Gaston Thorn, 1974–1979). It holds three of Luxembourg's six seats in the European Parliament, as it has for 20 of the 30 years for which MEPs have been directly elected.

The President is François Biltgen, who is the current Minister of Labour and Employment. However, the leading figure from the party is the Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, who governs in coalition with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). Eight other CSV members sit in the cabinet of fifteen people.

Contents 1 History 2 Presidents of the CSV 3 General Secretaries of the CSV 4 Presidents of the CSV in the Chamber of Deputies 5 See also 6 Footnotes 7 External links

[edit] History

• 1914: The earliest roots of the CSV date back to the 16 January 1914, with the foundation of the Party of the Right.
• 1944: The Party of the Right is officially transformed into the CSV.
• 1945: The first elections after the Second World War took place; the party won 25 out of 51 seats, missing an absolute majority by a single seat.
• 1946 - 1974: The party was in government from 1946 to 1974 and gave Luxembourg the following Prime Ministers: Pierre Dupong, Joseph Bech, Pierre Frieden, and Pierre Werner. Mostly in a coalition with the Democratic Party (DP), it gave Luxembourg a certain economic and social stability.
• 1974: The party goes into opposition for the first time, as the Democratic Party's Gaston Thorn becomes Prime Minister in coalition with the LSAP.
• 1979: The party gets back into government after its victory in the 1979 elections; Pierre Werner becomes PM.
• 1984: Jacques Santer becomes PM.
• 1995: Jean-Claude Juncker becomes PM, Jacques Santer becomes President of the European Commission
• 2004: The party is currently in a coalition with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers Party, it has 24 out of 60 seats

[edit] Presidents of the CSV

• Émile Reuter (1945 – 1964)
• Tony Biever (1964 – 1965)
• Jean Dupong (1965 – 1972)
• Nicolas Mosar (1972 – 1974)
• Jacques Santer (1974 – 1982)
• Jean Spautz (1982 – 1990)
• Jean-Claude Juncker (1990 – 1995)
• Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (1995 – 2003)
• François Biltgen (2003 – )^[1]

[edit] General Secretaries of the CSV

• Jean-Pierre Kraemer (1977 – 1984)
• Willy Bourg (1984 – 1990)
• Camille Dimmer (1990 – 1995)
• Claude Wiseler (1995 – 2000)
• Jean-Louis Schiltz (2000 – 2006)^[2]

[edit] Presidents of the CSV in the Chamber of Deputies

• Tony Biever (1959 – 1974)
• Pierre Werner (1974 – 1979)
• Nicolas Mosar (1979 – 1984)
• François Colling (1984 – 1995)
• Lucien Weiler (? – 2004)
• Michel Wolter (2004 – )

[edit] See also

• List of political parties in Luxembourg

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Christian Social People's Party official website

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