Mady Delvaux-Stehres

Preceded byJohn LorentSucceeded byRoger NegriMinister of Health, Social Security, Youth and SportIn office
20 June 1989 – 14 October 1994Prime MinisterJacques SanterPreceded byDavid LittSucceeded bySandra Alder Personal detailsBorn
(1950-10-11) 11 October 1950 (age 73)
Luxembourg City, LuxembourgPolitical party Luxembourgish
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
 EU
Party of European SocialistsSpouseJean StehresChildren3Alma materUniversity of Paris

Mady Delvaux-Stehres (born 11 October 1950) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2019. She served as Minister of Transport from 1994 to 1999 and as Minister of Health, Social Security, Youth and Sport from 1989 to 1994.

Education and early career

Delvaux-Stehres studied classical literature in Paris and became a teacher at a lycée Michel Rodange in Luxembourg.

Political career

Delvaux-Stehres has been a member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party since 1974 and in 1987 became a member of the city council of Luxembourg. She gave up her teaching post in 1989 when she entered government as secretary of State for Health, Social Security, Youth, and Sport. She was Minister for Transport between 1994 and 1999, and from 2004 to 2013 Minister for Education.

From 2014 Delvaux-Stehres served as a Member of the European Parliament. In addition to her committee assignments, Delvaux-Stehres was a member of the European Parliament's Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members.^[1][2]

In 2017, Delvaux-Stehres proposed a robot tax as part of a draft bill imposing ethical standards for robots in the European Union. However, the European Parliament rejected this aspect when it voted on the law.^[3]

References

External links

• Luxembourg government biography

Political offices
Preceded by Alex Bodry	Minister for Communications 1994 – 1999	Succeeded by François Biltgen
Preceded by Robert Goebbels	Minister for Transport 1994 – 1999	Succeeded by Henri Grethen
Preceded by	Minister for National Education and Vocational Training 2004 – 2013	Succeeded by