Current role

  • Minister of Defence
  • Minister for Mobility and Public Works
  • Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity

Biography

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.

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Latest news

  • On 15 March 2024, the souvenir frame of the stamp commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was handed over by Claude Strasser, Managing Director of POST Luxembourg, to Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defence.

  • Yuriko Backes, Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity, attended the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York from 10 to 13 March 2024.

Topic: The formation of the Government 2023

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