List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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President of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies

Incumbent Claude Wiseler since 21 November 2023
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies
Style	Mr. President (informal – male) The Honorable (formal)
Status	Presiding officer
Seat	Hôtel de la Chambre, Luxembourg City
Nominator	Party conferences (primarily)
Appointer	Chamber of Deputies
Term length	At the Chamber's pleasure; elected at the beginning of the new legislative period by a majority of the deputies, and upon a vacancy during a legislative period.
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Formation	1848; 176 years ago (1848)
First holder	Charles Metz
Website	www.chambre.lu

The president of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourgish: Chamberpresident, French: Président de la Chambre des Députés, German: Präsident der Abgeordnetenkammer) is the presiding officer in Luxembourg's unicameral national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies. The current president is Claude Wiseler who is the 40th person to hold the position.

Note that, during recess, the chamber does not have a president. However, for continuity purposes, unless the president changes between one parliamentary session and another, the presidency is treated as though it is held continuously.

	Party	Start date	End date
Charles Metz		1848	1853
Théodore Pescatore (first time)		1853	1855
Baron de Tornaco (first time)		1855	1856
Jean-Mathias Wellenstein		1857	1858
Jean-Pierre Toutsch (first time)		1858	1859
Baron de Tornaco (second time)		1859	1860
Norbert Metz		1860	1861
Théodore Pescatore (second time)		1861	1866
Michel Witry		1866	1867
Jean-Pierre Toutsch (second time)		1867	1869
Paul de Scherff		1869	1872
Baron de Blochausen / Jean-Pierre Foehr		1872	1873
Baron de Blochausen / Jean-Pierre Foehr		1873	1874
Baron de Blochausen / Jean-Pierre Foehr		1874	1875
Jacques Gustave Lessel		1875	1886
Zénon de Muyser		1886	1887
Emmanuel Servais		1887	1890
Théodore Willibrord de Wacquant		1890	1896
Charles-Jean Simons		1896	1905
Auguste Laval		1905	1915
Edouard Hemmer		1915	1917
François Altwies	PD	1917	1925
René Blum	PS	1925	1926
Émile Reuter (first time)	PD	1926	20 October 1944^[1]
Nicolas Wirtgen^[2]	CSV	6 December 1944	1945
Émile Reuter (second time)	CSV	1945	1958
Joseph Bech	CSV	1959	1964
Victor Bodson	LSAP	1964	1967
Romain Fandel	LSAP	1967	1969
Pierre Grégoire	CSV	1969	1974
Antoine Wehenkel	LSAP	1974	1975
René Van Den Bulcke	LSAP	1975	1979
Léon Bollendorff	CSV	1979	1989
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges	CSV	1989	1995
Jean Spautz	CSV	1995	2004
Jean Asselborn (extraordinary session)	LSAP	13 July 2004	30 July 2004
Lucien Weiler	CSV	30 July 2004	7 June 2009
Laurent Mosar	CSV	28 July 2009	12 November 2013
Mars Di Bartolomeo	LSAP	5 December 2013	30 October 2018
Fernand Etgen	DP	6 December 2018	24 October 2023
Claude Wiseler	CSV	21 November 2023	Incumbent

In addition, there were four extraordinary sessions, for which the Presidents were selected by virtue of being the oldest members. In these cases, the Presidents were:

11 January 1858: Mathias Ulrich
24 June 1872 – 27 June 1872 Michel Witry
6 July 1979: Jean-Pierre Urwald
16 July 1984: Jean-Pierre Urwald

Footnotes

^ President in name only under Nazi occupation (1940–1944)
^ Selected by virtue of being oldest member

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