Mady Delvaux-Stehres

Mady Delvaux
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency Luxembourg
Minister of Transport
In office
14 October 1994  6 May 1999
Prime Minister
Preceded by John Lorent
Succeeded by Roger Negri
Minister of Health, Social Security, Youth and Sport
In office
20 June 1989  14 October 1994
Prime Minister Jacques Santer
Preceded by David Litt
Succeeded by Sandra Alder
Personal details
Born Mady Marion Delvaux
(1950-10-11) 11 October 1950
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Political party  Luxembourgish
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
 EU
Party of European Socialists
Spouse(s) Jean Stehres
Children 3
Alma mater University of Paris

Mady Marion Delvaux-Stehres (born 11 October 1950) is a Luxembourgish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. She served as Minister of Transport from 1994 to 1999 and as Minister of Health, Social Security, Youth and Sport from 1989 to 1994.

She studied classical literature in Paris and became a teacher at a lycée Michel Rodange in Luxembourg. She has been a member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party since 1974 and in 1987 became a member of the city council of Luxembourg. She gave up her teaching post in 1989 when she entered government as secretary of State for Health, Social Security, Youth, and Sport. She was Minister for Transport between 1994 and 1999, and from 2004 to 2013 Minister for Education. Since 2014 she is member of the European Parliament.

Political offices
Preceded by
Alex Bodry
Minister for Communications
1994 – 1999
Succeeded by
François Biltgen
Preceded by
Robert Goebbels
Minister for Transport
1994 – 1999
Succeeded by
Henri Grethen
Preceded by
Minister for National Education and Vocational Training
2004 – 2013
Succeeded by


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