Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luxembourg)

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Europeennes
The Mansfeld Building, since 2017 headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Ministry overview
Formed	1848; 177 years ago (1848) (as part of the Prime Minister’s Office)
Jurisdiction	Government of Luxembourg
Headquarters	The Mansfeld Building, 9 Rue du Palais de Justice, 1841 Ville-Haute Luxembourg 49°36′44″N 6°07′59″E / 49.61215869414586°N 6.132917989727577°E / 49.61215869414586; 6.132917989727577
Cabinet Minister responsible	The Rt Hon. Xavier Bettel, Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Cooperation, Foreign Trade and the Greater Region
Minister attending Cabinet responsible	The Rt Hon. Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence
Child agencies	General Secretariat Directorate of Political Affairs Directorate of European Affairs and International Economic Relations Directorate of Protocol and Chancellery Directorate of Finance and Human Resources The Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Directorate of Consular Affairs and International Cultural Relations Directorate of Defence
Website	English-language website

Politics of Luxembourg
Constitution Law
Monarchy Grand Duke (list) Henri Hereditary Grand Duke Prince Guillaume
Executive Government: Frieden-Bettel Prime Minister: Luc Frieden Deputy Prime Minister: Xavier Bettel
Legislature Chamber of Deputies President: Claude Wiseler Current members Council of State
Elections Chamber circonscriptions Recent elections General: 2013 2018 2023 European: 2014 2019 2024 Communal: 2005 2011 2017 Political parties
Administrative divisions Cantons Communes Cities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Xavier Bettel Diplomatic missions of / in Luxembourg Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Luxembourg portal Other countries
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The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade (Luxembourgish: Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes, de la Défense, de la Coopération et du Commerce extérieur, MAE), commonly referred to as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is a ministry of the government of Luxembourg, which comprises a general secretariat and eight directorates. The ministry is headquartered in the Bâtiment Mansfeld in Luxembourg City.^[1]

The office of Minister of Foreign Affairs is customarily given to a member of the junior party in a coalition, and usually coincides with that of Deputy Prime Minister. For instance, LSAP politicians Jacques Poos and Jean Asselborn served a combined 34 years as Minister of Foreign Affairs in CSV and DP-led governments, 24 of which as Deputy Prime Minister.