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.
"I am deeply shocked by the scale of the demolition inflicted by Israeli authorities on eleven families, including 40 children and one elderly person, of the community of Humsa Al Bqai'a (also referred to as Khirbet Hamsa al-Foqa) in the northern Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank."
"I condemn in the strongest terms the execution of Navid Afkari in Iran on 12 September 2020."
Preliminary test results published by the Charité hospital in Berlin indicate that one of the main figures of the political opposition in Russia, Alexei Navalny was poisoned. I join my EU colleagues in wishing Mr Navalny a prompt and full recovery and expressing our sympathy to his family at this difficult time.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn has made the following statement regarding the situation of religious minorities in Iran and in Yemen.
