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Mady Delvaux-Stehres was born on 11 October 1950 in Luxembourg City.
Education and qualifications
Following secondary school studies at the Lycée de jeunes filles (now Lycée Hubert Clément) in Esch-sur-Alzette, Mady Delvaux-Stehres studied classics at the Sorbonne.
Ministerial posts
Mady Delvaux-Stehres joined the 1989 coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) as Secretary of State for Health, Secretary of State for Social Security, Secretary of State for Physical Education and Sport, Secretary of State for Youth. Among other responsibilities, she set in motion the health insurance reform.
Following the legislative elections of 1994, she was appointed Minister of Social Security, Minister of Transport, Minister for Communications, and among others was responsible for implementing the new long-term care insurance. As Minister of Transport, she reorganised the railway system pursuant to the European directives and as Minister for Communications she implemented the liberalisation of the telephone services.
Following the legislative elections of 13 June 2004, Mady Delvaux-Stehres was appointed Minister of National Education and Vocational Training on 31 July 2004.
Upon the return of the CSV-LSAP coalition government as a result of the legislative elections of 7 June 2009, Mady Delvaux-Stehres retained the portfolio of Minister of National Education and Vocational Training on 23 July 2009.
As of July 2004, Mady Delvaux-Stehres represents the Luxembourg government at the Council of Ministers of the European Union in the Education section of its Education, Youth and Culture configuration.
Other political posts
Mady Delvaux-Stehres was first active within the Socialist Women, joining the LSAP executive committee in 1985 and remaining a member thereof until 1989, when she was appointed to the government.
In October 1987, she was elected municipal councillor of the City of Luxembourg. 1999 saw her mandate at the municipal council renewed.
From 1999 to 2004, Mady Delvaux-Stehres was a member of Parliament. Within the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, she was a member of the Committee on Culture and the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee). In October 2003, she became a co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Turkey.
Professional activities
Following her studies at the Sorbonne, Mady Delvaux-Stehres taught at the Lycée Michel Rodange in Luxembourg City until 1989.
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