Yuriko Backes was born on 22 December 1970 in Kobe, Japan.
After graduating with an International Baccalaureate from the Canadian Academy International School in Kobe in 1989, Yuriko Backes obtained a bachelor's degree in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1992. She then attended the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, where she successfully completed a master's degree in Japanese studies in 1993. Yuriko Backes obtained a second master's degree in European political and administrative studies from the College of Europe in Bruges in 1994.
On 17 November 2022, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann presented the new edition of the Economic Survey of Luxembourg published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The credit rating agency DBRS Morningstar confirmed on Friday evening, 11 November 2022, the "AAA" rating of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with a stable outlook.
Washington, D.C, October 15, 2022 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, signed a new agreement today with the Government of Luxembourg to support low- and middle-income countries in market creation and private sector investment.
Two days after its adoption by the Government, Minister for Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, Minister for Housing, Henri Kox, and Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes, today presented the bill on the land tax, land mobilisation tax and housing tax, as well as the bill on the national register of buildings and dwellings.
