François Biltgen
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François Biltgen is a Luxembourger politician
Politician
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, currently serving as Minister for Justice, Minister for Communications and the Media, and Minister for Religious Affairs, the Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform, and the Minister for Higher Education and Research, in the government of Luxembourg.

He was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, in the south-western Luxembourg and studied law in Paris
Paris
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. In 1987 he was elected to the communal
Communes of Luxembourg
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 council of Esch-sur-Alzette, and in 1994 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
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 as a Christian Social People's Party
Christian Social People's Party
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(CSV) candidate. He was elected as President of the CSV in 2003.

After the elections which was held in June 2009, he was appointed the Minister of Justice, the Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform, Minister for Higher Education and Research, Minister for Communications and Media as well as the Minister for Religious Affairs.

Biltgen has two children.

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