Lydie Polfer
Mayor
City of Luxembourg
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Lydie Polfer was born on November 22, 1952 in Luxembourg.
Education and qualifications
- After completing a Master’s degree in Law at Grenoble University, she obtained a Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) in European Integration at the Centre Universitaire de Recherches Internationales et Européennes, Grenoble in 1977.
Professional experience
- Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1977.
Political experience
- At national and European level
- Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies (June 1979 to October 1985, June 1989 to June 1990, 1994 to 1999, and 2009 to present)
- Member of the European Parliament (1985 to 1989, 1990 to 1994, and 2004 to 2009)
- Chair of the Democratic Party (1994 to 2004)
- Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the Civil Service from 1999 to 2004
- Vice-Chair of the Chamber of Deputies (2009 to 2013)
- At local level
- Mayor of the City of Luxembourg (1982 to 1999)
- Member of the Municipal Council of the City of Luxembourg (since 28 November 2005)
- Alderwoman for Culture (2008 to 2013)
- Mayor of the City of Luxembourg (since December 2013)
Honours
- Honorary doctorate from Miami University (Ohio), August 1988
- Grand Officer of the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolphe of Nassau
- Commander of the Legion of Honour