Corinne Cahen (born 16 May 1973) is a

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ish politician who served as Minister of Family and Integration and Minister of the Greater Region in the Bettel I and II governments. She was born in

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, and grew up in a Jewish family in the Bonnevoie neighborhood. After her high school graduation, she left for

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to study translation, business, and journalism. She then worked as a journalist for the AFP and

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, which included a period as a

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correspondent in

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After her return to Luxembourg, she worked for Eldoradio,

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, and her family's shoe business. Before entering politics, she was a business woman managing her family's shoe shops in Luxembourg-City and was active as president for the retail business association of

from 2008 to 2012. Cahen expressed her outrage at the inclusion of Gerson Rodrigues in Luxembourg's National Football team after the latter's conviction for assault and domestic abuse. In response to the national team manager Luc Holtz stating that he wouldn't judge, Cahen pointed out on LinkedIn that Rodrigues is convicted.

Honours

*: Grand Cross of the

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(23 May 2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cahen, Corinne 1973 births Living people Politicians from Luxembourg City Luxembourgian Jews Alumni of the Athénée de Luxembourg 21st-century Luxembourgian women politicians 21st-century Luxembourgian politicians Women government ministers of Luxembourg Democratic Party (Luxembourg) politicians