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Octavie Modert was born on 15 November 1966 in Grevenmacher.
Education and qualifications
Following secondary school studies at the Lycée classique d’Echternach, Octavie Modert studied law at the University Robert Schuman in Strasbourg and was awarded a master’s degree in law. She completed her post-university studies with a Master in European Studies from the University of Reading (United Kingdom).
Ministerial posts
Elected for the first time to Parliament as a result of the legislative elections of 13 June 2004, Octavie Modert was appointed Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament, Secretary of State for Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development, Secretary of State for Culture, Higher Education and Research on 31 July 2004.
Upon the return of the coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) as a result of the legislative elections of 7 June 2009, Octavie Modert was appointed Minister for Culture, Minister for Relations with Parliament, Minister for Administrative Simplification attached to the Prime Minister, Minister Delegate for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform on 23 July 2009. As in 2004, she is once again the youngest member of the government.
Octavie Modert represents the Luxembourg government at the Council of Ministers of the European Union in the Culture section of its Education, Youth and Culture configuration as well as at informal ministerial meetings on eGovernement.
Other political posts
Octavie Modert occupies or has occupied various posts within the committees and executive bodies of the CSV and its sub-organisations, such as the Christian Social Youth (CSJ) and the Christian Social Women (CSF), both on a national and regional level, the first being notably chairwoman of the Christian Social Youth, East.
She was the chairwoman of the CSV constituency of the East for the legislative elections of 2009, during which she did not only receive the most votes of her list but of the entire constituency.
Professional activities
In 1992, Octavie Modert was allocated to the presidency of the government and to the office of the Prime Minister.
In 1998, she was appointed secretary general of the Government Council, which made her the youngest person and first woman to hold this high office. At the same time, she assumed the role of head of cabinet to Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.
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