Etienne Schneider

Etienne Schneider joined the government of Luxembourg in 2012 as Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade before being appointed Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Minister of Internal Security and Minister of Defense in 2013.

Background

In 2018 Mr Schneider became Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy and Minister of Health and in February 2020 retired from politics.

He has previously filled several positions as a senior civil servant, such as a research assistant at the European Parliament in Brussels, economist for the LSAP parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies and project leader with NATO in Brussels. He also served as a government advisor responsible for various Directorates.

Mr. Schneider became a member of the executive board of several companies, such as the Société électrique de l’Our (SEO), Enovos International SA, Enovos Deutschland AG and the National Credit and Investment Company (SNCI). Upon being appointed minister in 2012, he resigned from all of these positions. Since 2020, Mr. Schneider is a member of the board of Sofidra which is the Luxembourg holding of the international dredging company Jan de Nul. In 2021, Mr. Schneider became president of the board of LuxTP, a Luxembourgish affilate of the Belgian construction company Besix Group in which he holds a position as independent board member since 2020. Mr. Schneider was a member of the board of a non-listed Luxemburgish company Mikro Kapital until October 2024.

Further information

Mr. Schneider holds a degree from the Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (ICHEC) in Brussels and from Greenwich University in London in commercial and financial sciences.

Mr. Schneider is a citizen of Luxembourg.