Félix Braz
Félix Braz (born 16 March 1966)[1] is a Luxembourgish politician for the Greens and the current Minister of Justice in the Bettel-Schneider coalition government.
Braz, son of Portuguese immigrants, was born in Differdange in 1966.[1] After secondary school, he started studying law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University, but broke off his studies after one year.[1]
In 1990 he worked as chief editor and presenter of a news broadcast in Portuguese on RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg.[1]
From 1991 he was the parliamentary secretary for the Greens.[1] He was also a communal councillor in Esch-sur-Alzette from 1995 to 2000, and an alderman (échevin) from 2000 to 2011.[1]
He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2004 for the Sud constituency, and was re-elected in 2009 and 2013.[1] In the Chamber, he was vice-chairman of the Committee for Transport from 2004 to 2009.[1] After the October 2013 elections, he became chairman of the Greens' parliamentary group.[1] He joined the new coalition government as Minister for Justice on 4 December 2013.[1]
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| Preceded by Octavie Modert |
Minister for Justice 2013 – Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |