Francine Closener

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Francine Closener (born December 29, 1969 in Steinfort ) is a Luxembourg politician ( LSAP ) and former radio journalist .

Career

After graduating from Lycée Michel-Rodange , Closener began studying journalism and communication science at the Université libre de Bruxelles , which she successfully completed in 1993. She then returned to Luxembourg and began her professional career as a political journalist at the radio station RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg , where she became editor-in-chief in 2008. In 2010, Closener switched to the TV station RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg , where she worked as a journalist in the newsroom.

politics

After the chamber election in autumn 2013 , the new Prime Minister Xavier Bettel appointed her to his government as State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Defense and Internal Security . After it became known that Closener had used her company car for a private holiday at Christmas 2013, she received widespread public criticism. Although she had done this in accordance with the applicable regulations and thus legally, she justified it in an interview in a way that made her look downright arrogant.

In the chamber election in October 2018 , Closener ran in the constituency "Mitte", but failed to enter the Luxembourg parliament and had to give up her post in the government at the beginning of December 2018. She then worked at the State Department, where she was responsible for the nation branding of her home country. Since Marc Angel , instead of in the EU Commission be moved Nicolas Schmit to the European Parliament wanted to change, Closener took over his seat in the Chamber on 3 December of 2019.

Private

Closener lives in Mamer . She is married to journalist and cabaret artist Jay Schiltz and the couple have two sons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Government of Bettel-Schneider on the website of the Luxembourg government, accessed on February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Company car affair with Francine Closener. L'essentiel , January 6, 2014, accessed February 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Cover Autoen, ceiling Näid" - the "affair Closener" in the media. ( Memento of July 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Luxemburger Wort , January 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ Results in the constituency Mitte in the 2018 chamber election on the website of the Luxembourg government, accessed on February 1, 2019. (French)
  5. ↑ These are the big losers on election night. L'essentiel, October 15, 2018, accessed February 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ Arrêté grand-ducal du 5 December 2018 accordant démission honorable à Madame Francine CLOSENER, Secrétaire d'État .. Certificate of discharge from the Luxembourg government's legal server , accessed on February 2, 2019. (French)
  7. ↑ Ray Grotz: 3 nominations: Francine Closener, Jo Kox, Olaf Münichsdorfer RTL, accessed on February 2, 2019 (Luxembourgish)
  8. ^ Francine Closener sworn in as MP. Luxemburger Wort , December 3, 2019, accessed January 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Francine Closener on the LSAP website, accessed on February 2, 2019.
  10. ↑ Claude D. Conter: Entry by Jay Schiltz in the Luxembourg authors' lexicon, accessed on February 2, 2019.
  11. ↑ This is how Francine Closener lives! ( Memento from September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Lëtzebuerg Privat , February 1, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Closener, Francine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg radio journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinfort , Luxembourg