Current Role
- Minister of Finance
Biography
Gilles Roth was born on 1 March 1967 in Luxembourg.
After graduating from the Athénée de Luxembourg in 1986, Gilles Roth studied law at the Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg and the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium, where he obtained a degree in law. He then completed his university studies in 1991 with a degree in business administration and management from the Institut d'Administration et de Gestion of the UCL.
Latest news
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Luxembourg achieves a European first with the issuance of its first DLT-native sovereign bond
The Luxembourg State Treasury has today reached a major milestone in the evolution of European financial markets with the successful placement of what constitutes the first sovereign benchmark bond to be issued natively on an infrastructure...
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Gilles Roth announces the first issuance of a sovereign bond natively based on blockchain technology
During his speech presenting the 2027 budget proposal, Finance Minister Gilles Roth announced the issuance by Luxembourg of a sovereign benchmark bond natively based on blockchain technology.
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COP17 launches DRIF, the first global finance instrument for drought resilience
Luxembourg and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) officially launched the initiative for the Drought Resilience Investment Facility (DRIF) during the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD...