1. Etienne Schneider is a member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.
12 Facts About Etienne Schneider
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Etienne Schneider was elected first alderman of the municipality of Kayl in 2005, a mandate he held until May 2010.
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Etienne Schneider was appointed Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade on 1 February 2012.
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Etienne Schneider continued to hold these offices following the 2018 general election, where he became the health minister as well.
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From 2013 to 2018, Etienne Schneider served as Minister for Defence.
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In 1995, Etienne Schneider became a councilor in Kayl, a post he maintained until 2005, subsequently becoming first alderman until 2010.
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Etienne Schneider was a research assistant at the European Parliament in Brussels between 1995 and 1996.
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Etienne Schneider continued to hold these offices following the 2018 Luxembourg general election, where he became the health minister too.
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On 4 February 2020, Etienne Schneider stepped down from his post as Minister of Economy and entered the business world receiving an appointment as a director at ArcelorMittal in June 2020 after Jeannot Krecke had resigned his position which Krecke held for ten years at ArcelorMittal.
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On 30 April 2020 as the sole shareholder, Etienne Schneider established his first anonymous limited firm SA Beta Aquarii which is named after the brightest star in the constellation associated with Etienne Schneider's astrological sign Aquarius and is located on Boulevard de la Petrusse in Luxembourg.
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On 27 June 2020 following Jeannot Krecke's appointment to Sistema in May 2012, Etienne Schneider became an independent director of Sistema which controls East-West United Bank.
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Etienne Schneider is openly gay, and married his husband Jerome Domange in 2016.