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Luxembourg has been a grand duchy since 15 March 1815, when it was created from territory of the former Duchy of Luxembourg. It was in personal union with the United Kingdom of the Netherlands until 1890 under the House of Orange-Nassau. Luxembourg is the world's only sovereign Grand Duchy and since 1815, there have been nine monarchs ...
Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and the multi-party system. Executive power is under the constitution of 1868, as amended, exercised by the government, by the grand duke and the Council of Government (cabinet), which consists of a prime minister and several other ministers.
Pierre Dupong continued to lead the government in exile in the United Kingdom until the liberation of Luxembourg in December 1944, whereupon the constitutional Luxembourg government returned to the Grand Duchy. Thus, although Luxembourg was formally annexed on 30 August 1942, the prime minister of the government in exile, Pierre Dupong, is ...
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg has a new royal role as he prepares to reign one day. On Oct. 8, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 42, and his father, Grand Duke Henri, participated in a ...
Luxembourg (/ ˈ l ʌ k s əm b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ LUK-səm-burg; [9] Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg [ˈlətsəbuəɕ] ⓘ; German: Luxemburg [ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; French: Luxembourg [lyksɑ̃buʁ] ⓘ), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, [a] is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to ...
The territory of the former Duchy of Luxembourg is today divided between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Belgian province of Luxembourg, the German Land of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of Ardennes, Meuse and Moselle, the latter part being referred to as French Luxemburg since the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees.
The Frieden-Bettel Government is the incumbent government of Luxembourg. It was formed on 17 November 2023 following the 2023 election. It is led by Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. The government is a coalition between the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and the Democratic Party (DP).
The present Constitution of Luxembourg attributes the separation of powers as follows: executive power is exercised by the Grand Duke and the Government while legislative power is conferred upon the unicameral parliament (Chamber of Deputies) and the joint action of Government and the Council of State. Judicial power is attributed to courts and ...