Jean Asselborn was born on 27 April 1949 in Steinfort.
After leaving school at the age of 18, Jean Asselborn resumed his studies in 1976 by attending evening classes. He obtained his final secondary school diploma from the Athénée de Luxembourg the same year.
In October 1981, Jean Asselborn was awarded a master’s degree in private judicial law from the University Nancy II.
On 10 February 2020, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, received Michel Barnier, Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, at the Château de Senningen. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, and the Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, also attended the meeting.
I fully endorse the declaration made on behalf of the European Union by Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, following the initiative presented yesterday by the President of the United States of America.
Interview with Jean Asselborn in The Economic Times
The law of 4 December 2019 establishing the National Reception Office (ONA) places the reception of applicants for international protection (AIPs) under the jurisdiction of the Minister Jean Asselborn, as the Minister of Immigration and Asylum.
