Serge Wilmes (born 6 May 1982) is a

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ish politician of the

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(CSV), serving as Minister of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity and Minister of Public Service in the

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. He was previously a member of the

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from 2011 to 2023 and an

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from 2017 to 2023.

Biography

Early life

Originally from Merl in

, Wilmes graduated from lycée Michel-Rodange in 2001. Following graduation, Wilmes studied at

Nancy 2 University Nancy 2 University (''Université Nancy 2'') was a French university located in Nancy, France. It was a member of the Nancy-Université federation, a group of the three higher education institutions in Nancy.

where he received his maîtrise in history in 2005. The next year, Wilmes received his second-level masters in Contemporary European History from the

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. His master's thesis was on the position of right-wing Catholic movements on

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in the 1970s. Wilmes worked for the National Archives of Luxembourg from 2007 to 2008.,

Political career

A member of

since 2000, Wilmes was encouraged by

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to serve as a parliamentary advisor for the party in the

, a position he held from 2008 to November 2011. In the meantime, Wilmes was elected president of the party's youth movement, a position he held until February 2014., Following the death of on 25 August 2011, Wilmes was designated his successor in the Chamber of Deputies. In accordance with the Constitution, Wilmes was sworn in on 11 October 2011 and served the remainder of Thiel's term in the Centre constituency.,. Wilmes was re-elected in the

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and

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. During the 2017 communal elections, Wilmes was elected to the Luxembourg City Communal Council, where he became an échevin. In February 2019, Wilmes stood as a candidate for leadership of the

, going up against MEP Frank Engel. Despite losing to Engel, Wilmes maintained a lot of popularity prior to the convention to elect Engel's successor. However, in 2021, Claude Wiseler was elected the new leader of the CSV.

Publications

References

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