The President of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourgish

Luxembourgish language

Luxembourgish is a High German language spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 320,000 people worldwide speak Luxembourgish.-Language family:...

: Chamberpresidenten, French: Président de la Chambre des Députés, German: Präsident der Abgeordnetenkammer) is the presiding officer

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

 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...

's unicameral

Unicameralism

In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...

 national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

The Chamber of Deputies , abbreviated to the Chamber, is the unicameral national legislature of Luxembourg. 'Krautmaart' is sometimes used as a metonym for the Chamber, after the square on which the Hôtel de la Chambre is located....

.

Note that, during recess

Recess (motion)

In parliamentary procedure, "recess" refers to legislative bodies—such as parliaments, assemblies, juries—that are released to reassemble at a later time. The members may leave the meeting room, but are expected to remain nearby. A recess may be simply to allow a break or it may be...

, the chamber does not have a president. However, for continuity purposes, unless the president changes between one parliamentary session and another, the presidency is treated as though it is held continuously.

Name		Party	Start date	End date
	Charles Metz Charles Metz Charles Gérard Emmanuel Metz was a Luxembourgian politician, journalist, and lawyer. He was a prominent pro-Belgian in the Belgian Revolution, serving in the Belgian national legislature, before entering the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, of which he was the first President, from 1848 to...		1848	1853
	Théodore Pescatore Théodore Pescatore Théodore Pescatore was a Luxembourgian politician. One of the most important liberals in the mid-nineteenth century, he was president of the Constituent Assembly that wrote Luxembourg's Constitution in 1848...  (first time)		1853	1855
	Baron de Tornaco Victor de Tornaco Baron Victor de Tornaco was a Luxembourgian politician. An Orangist, he was the fourth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for seven years, from 26 September 1860 until 3 December 1867....  (first time)		1855	1856
	Jean-Mathias Wellenstein		1857	1858
	Jean-Pierre Toutsch (first time)		1858	1859
	Baron de Tornaco Victor de Tornaco Baron Victor de Tornaco was a Luxembourgian politician. An Orangist, he was the fourth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for seven years, from 26 September 1860 until 3 December 1867....  (second time)		1859	1860
	Norbert Metz Norbert Metz Jean-Joseph Norbert Metz was a Luxembourgian politician and engineer. With his two brothers, members of the powerful Metz family, Charles and Auguste, Metz defined political and economic life in Luxembourg in the mid-nineteenth century.Metz was the leading 'quarante huitards': the radical...		1860	1861
	Théodore Pescatore Théodore Pescatore Théodore Pescatore was a Luxembourgian politician. One of the most important liberals in the mid-nineteenth century, he was president of the Constituent Assembly that wrote Luxembourg's Constitution in 1848...  (second time)		1861	1866
	Michel Witry		1866	1867
	Jean-Pierre Toutsch (second time)		1867	1869
	Paul de Scherff Paul de Scherff Paul de Scherff was a Luxembourgian politician..De Scherff was born in Frankfurt to F. H. W. von Scherff-Arnoldi, who was minister plenipotentiary of the King-Grand Duke to the German Federal Diet. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1869 until 1872.He married Marie Pescatore on 14...		1869	1872
	Baron de Blochausen / Jean-Pierre Foehr		1872	1873
	Baron de Blochausen / Jean-Pierre Foehr		1873	1874
	Baron de Blochausen / Jean-Pierre Foehr		1874	1875
	Jacques Gustave Lessel		1875	1886
	Zénon de Muyser		1886	1887
	Emmanuel Servais Emmanuel Servais Lambert Joseph Emmanuel Servais was a Luxembourgian politician. He held numerous offices of national importance, foremost amongst which was in serving as the fifth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, for seven years, from 3 December 1867 until 26 December 1874.After being Prime Minister, he was a...		1887	1890
	Théodore Willibrord de Wacquant		1890	1896
	Charles-Jean Simons		1896	1905
	Auguste Laval Auguste Laval Antoine Marie Auguste Laval-Metz was a Luxembourgeois politician and industrialist. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies, of which he served as President from 1905 until 1915....		1905	1915
	Edouard Hemmer		1915	1917
	François Altwies François Altwies François Altwies was a Luxembourgian politician. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies, of which he served as President from 1917 until 1925....	PD Party of the Right (Luxembourg) The Party of the Right , abbreviated to PD, was a political party in Luxembourg between 1914 and 1944. It was the direct predecessor of the Christian Social People's Party , which has ruled Luxembourg for all but five years since....	1917	1925
	René Blum René Blum (politician) René Blum was a Luxembourgian politician, diplomat, and jurist. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies from 1918 until 1937, when he became a government minister...	PS	1925	1926
	Émile Reuter (first time)	PD Party of the Right (Luxembourg) The Party of the Right , abbreviated to PD, was a political party in Luxembourg between 1914 and 1944. It was the direct predecessor of the Christian Social People's Party , which has ruled Luxembourg for all but five years since....	1926	20 October 1944
	Nicolas Wirtgen	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	6 December 1944	1945
	Émile Reuter (second time)	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	1945	1958
	Joseph Bech	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	1959	1964
	Victor Bodson Victor Bodson Victor Bodson was a justice minister of Luxembourg and received the Righteous Among the Nations award by the Israeli Supreme Court for his participation during the Holocaust in helping Jews in Germany escape persecution from the German government.Bodson was born in 1902 in Luxembourg...	LSAP Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...	1964	1967
	Romain Fandel	LSAP Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...	1967	1969
	Pierre Grégoire	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	1969	1974
	Antoine Wehenkel Antoine Wehenkel Antoine Wehenkel was a Luxembourgian politician and engineer. He was a member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , of which he was President ....	LSAP Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...	1974	1975
	René Van Den Bulcke	LSAP Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...	1975	1979
	Léon Bollendorff Léon Bollendorff Dr Léon Bollendorff was a Luxembourgian politician, teacher, and philologist. He was born in Wasserbillig. A member of the Christian Social People's Party, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies, of which he served as President . He also sat on the communal council of Luxembourg City, holding office...	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	1979	1989
	Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Erna Hennicot-Schoepges is a Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party. She was until 2009 a Member of the European Parliament, sitting as a CSV member of the European People's Party....	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	1989	1995
	Jean Spautz Jean Spautz Jean Spautz is a politician in Luxembourg, and a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party....	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	1995	2004
	Jean Asselborn Jean Asselborn Jean Asselborn is a Luxembourger politician. Since 31 July 2004, he has been the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker....  (extraordinary session)	LSAP Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...	13 July 2004	30 July 2004
	Lucien Weiler Lucien Weiler Lucien Weiler is a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party, and served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 3 August 2004 to 7 June 2009...	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	30 July 2004	7 June 2009
	Laurent Mosar Laurent Mosar Laurent Mosar is a Luxembourgian politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party and sits in the Chamber of Deputies. He has been the President of the Chamber since 28 July 2009....	CSV Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...	28 July 2009	Present day

In addition, there were four extraordinary session

Special session

In a legislature, a special session is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session. This most frequently occurs in order to complete unfinished tasks for the year , such as outlining the government's budget for the next fiscal year, biennium, or other period...

s, for which the Presidents were selected by virtue of being the oldest members. In these cases, the Presidents were:

• 11 January 1858: Mathias Ulrich
• 24 June 1872 – 27 June 1872 Michel Witry
• 6 July 1979: Jean-Pierre Urwald
• 16 July 1984: Jean-Pierre Urwald