Xavier Bettel

Xavier Bettel (born 3 March 1973) is a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer, serving as the 24th Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 4 December 2013 after succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker. He has previously served as Mayor of Luxembourg City, member of the Chamber of Deputies and member of the Luxembourg City communal council. Bettel is a member of the Democratic Party. 2Early life Bettel was born on 3 March 1973 in Luxembourg City. His father Claude Bettel was a wine merchant and his mother Aniela, French of Russian descent, grandniece of famous composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. After finishing the European School, Bettel obtained a master's degree in Public and European Law and a DEA in Political Science and Public Law from Nancy 2 University in Nancy, France. He also studied maritime law as well as canon law at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He participated in the Erasmus Programme. For four years in the early 2000s he hosted Sonndes em 8, a weekly talkshow, on the now-defunct private T.TV television network. 2Political life 3Municipal politics In the 1999 communal elections, Bettel was elected to Luxembourg City's communal council, finishing sixth on the DP's lis