Luc Frieden

Luc Frieden (born 16 September 1963 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a lawyer, business executive and former Finance Minister of Luxembourg. In September 2014 he joined Deutsche Bank as Vice Chairman.

He is member of the Trilateral Commission.

Early life and education

Luc Frieden completed high school in his home country Luxembourg and received thereafter an international university education in France, the UK and the US. He graduated in business law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He obtained a Master’s Degree in comparative law from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a further Master of Laws Degree from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, he was also crossregistered at the Kennedy School of Government.

Besides his native tongue Luxembourgish, he speaks fluently English, German, French and has a good working knowledge of Dutch.

Political career

In 1994, Frieden was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), becoming, at the age of thirty, the then youngest member of the House. He was reelected in all general elections thereafter. While in Parliament, he chaired the Finance Committee as well as the Constitutional Committee and was a leading figure in the process leading to the establishment of a constitutional court and of independent administrative courts in Luxembourg.