Félix Braz

Luxembourgish politician
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Félix Braz
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg
In office
5 December 2018 – 11 October 2019
Serving with Etienne Schneider
Prime MinisterXavier Bettel
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byFrançois Bausch
Minister for Justice
In office
4 December 2013 – 11 October 2019
Prime MinisterXavier Bettel
Preceded byOctavie Modert
Succeeded bySam Tanson
Personal details
Born (1966-03-16) 16 March 1966 (age 58)
Differdange, Luxembourg
Citizenship
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
[1]
Political partyGreens

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]

Biography

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]

Honours

  •  Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (23 May 2017)

References

  1. ^ "Félix Braz, vice-primeiro-ministro do Luxemburgo, sofreu ataque cardíaco. Marcelo está em contacto". publico.pt (in Portuguese). 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "BRAZ Félix: Biography". gouvernement.lu : L’actualité du gouvernement du Luxembourg (in French). 30 April 2014. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  3. ^ "The formation of the 2018 government". Government of Luxembourg. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ PÚBLICO (2019-08-23). "Félix Braz, vice-primeiro-ministro do Luxemburgo, sofreu ataque cardíaco. Marcelo está em contacto". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. ^ "Lusodescendente Félix Braz nomeado vice-primeiro-ministro no novo governo do Luxemburgo - Política - Jornal de Negócios". Negocios. Retrieved 2023-10-06.

External links

  • Media related to Félix Braz at Wikimedia Commons
Political offices
Preceded by
Octavie Modert
Minister for Justice
2013 – 2019
Succeeded by
Sam Tanson
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Bettel I (2013 – 2018)
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