Alain Meyer is a Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

ian politician. He is currently the President of Luxembourg's Council of State

Council of State of Luxembourg

The Council of State is an institution in Luxembourg that advises the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies. Until 1 January 1997, it was also the country's supreme administrative court, but this function was ceded to the newly created Administrative Tribunal and Administrative Court.The...

, in which capacity he has served since 1 October 2007.

A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...

 since 1981, Meyer was first nominated to the Council of State on 15 November 1991 to replace Georges Thorn. He was named Vice-President of the Council of State on 18 December 2006, and President on 1 October 2007 to replace Pierre Mores

Pierre Mores

Pierre Mores is a Luxembourgian politician, jurist, and administrator. He is in charge of administering Luxembourg's largest private-sector pension fund, the White Collar Workers' Pension Fund ....

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