Elisabeth Margue (born 7 April 1990 in
Luxembourg City
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) is a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who is serving as the
minister of justice
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since 17 November 2023.
Education
After finishing her high-school studies at
Lycée de Garçons de Luxembourg, Elisabeth Margue studied
private law
Private law is that part of a legal system that governs interactions between individual persons. It is distinguished from public law, which deals with relationships between both natural and artificial persons (i.e., organizations) and the st ...
at
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (), also known as Paris 1 (or Paris I) and Panthéon-Sorbonne University (or, together with Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University, simply as the Sorbonne), is a Public university, public rese ...
and holds a second
Master's degree
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in
industrial property
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from the same university, which she got in 2014. In 2015, she got a
Master of Laws
A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is a postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in another subject.
In many jurisdi ...
from the
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...
, specializing in corporate and commercial law.
Professional career
After her studies, Margue joined the business law firm Arendt & Medernach, where she worked as a litigator and dealt mainly with liability cases, such as medical liability, leases and road accidents.
Since 2016, she was ''