Jean-Louis Schiltz is a Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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ian lawyer and retired politician for the Christian Social People's Party

Christian Social People's Party

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 (CSV).

Schiltz studied law in Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

 and Paris

Paris

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, and became a lawyer in 1989. He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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 in 2004

Luxembourgian legislative election, 2004

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 and has been a minister in Jean-Claude Juncker

Jean-Claude Juncker

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's government since then. Since he has served in his current capacity as Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs and Minister delegate for communications. On the 22 February 2006 he additionally became Minister for Defence. He stepped down from these positions with the formation of a new government

Juncker-Asselborn Ministry II

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on 23 July 2009, and became the leader of the CSV faction in the newly-elected Chamber of Deputies.