# Claude Wiseler > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claude_Wiseler > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claude_Wiseler.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Wiseler > Source revision: 1347288427 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Claude Wiseler** (born 30 January 1960) is a [Luxembourgish](/source/Luxembourg) politician, serving as [president](/source/List_of_presidents_of_the_Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Luxembourg) of the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Luxembourg)) since 2023. A member of the [Christian Social People's Party](/source/Christian_Social_People's_Party) (CSV), of which he was President from 2021 to 2023,[1][2] he previously served as a minister in the [Juncker–Asselborn I](/source/Juncker%E2%80%93Asselborn_I_Government) and [II](/source/Juncker%E2%80%93Asselborn_II_Government) governments from 2004 to 2013, and was the CSV's candidate for Prime Minister in the [2018 general election](/source/2018_Luxembourg_general_election). He attended the [Athénée de Luxembourg](/source/Ath%C3%A9n%C3%A9e_de_Luxembourg), before studying [literature](/source/Literature) in [Paris](/source/Paris). He returned to the Athénée to teach language in 1983, which he continued to do until 1988. From 1987 to 1999, he served as an adviser to the government on educational issues.[1] He became General Secretary of the Christian Social People's Party in 1995.[3] He was elected to the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Luxembourg) in the [1999 election](/source/1999_Luxembourg_general_election), finishing sixth amongst CSV candidates in the [Centre](/source/Circonscription_Centre_(Luxembourg)) constituency, where six CSV deputies were elected.[4] In the [communal elections of October 1999](/source/1999_Luxembourgian_communal_election), Wiseler was elected to [Luxembourg City](/source/Luxembourg_City)'s [communal council](/source/Luxembourg_communal_council) in third-place amongst CSV candidates (six were elected);[5] he was appointed as an *[échevin](/source/%C3%89chevin_(Luxembourg))* in the [DP](/source/Democratic_Party_(Luxembourg))-CSV administration, and served in this position from 1 January 2000 until 30 July 2004.[1] He was comfortably re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the [2004 election](/source/2004_Luxembourg_general_election), placing second amongst CSV candidates in a CSV landslide victory,[6] and appointed to the [new cabinet](/source/Juncker-Asselborn_Ministry_I) to hold the positions of [Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform](/source/Minister_for_the_Civil_Service_and_Administrative_Reform_of_Luxembourg) and [Minister for Public Works](/source/Minister_for_Public_Works_of_Luxembourg). After the [2009 election](/source/2009_Luxembourg_general_election), Wiseler was reappointed to the government in the enlarged role of [Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure](/source/Minister_for_Sustainable_Development_and_Infrastructure_of_Luxembourg), which included his former portfolio of Public Works. Wiseler was elected President of the CSV in 2021, receiving 400 votes from 475 members of the party's national congress.[2] He is married to fellow CSV politician and [Member of the European Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_European_Parliament) [Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima](/source/Isabel_Wiseler-Santos_Lima). ## Footnotes 1. ["Claude Wiseler"](https://www.chd.lu/en/deputy/151) (in French). [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Luxembourg). Retrieved 2023-05-23. 1. ["Claude Wiseler elected party president with overwhelming majority"](https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1711210.html). *RTL today*. 2021-04-24. Retrieved 23 May 2023. 1. ["Perséinlechkeeten aus der CSV"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090126101655/http://csv.lu/lb/pages/personnalites.html) (in lb). [Christian Social People's Party](/source/Christian_Social_People's_Party). Archived from [the original](http://csv.lu/lb/pages/personnalites.html) on 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-04-11. 1. ["1999: Circonscription Centre"](http://www.elections.public.lu/fr/elections-legislatives/1999/resultats/circonscriptions/centre/index.html) (in French). Service Information et Presse. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 1. ["Résultants 1999"](http://www.vdl.lu/Mairie+et+services+centraux/Politique+communale/Elections+communales/R%C3%A9sultats+1999.html) (in French). [Ville de Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg_(city)). Retrieved 2009-04-12. 1. ["2004: Circonscription Centre"](http://www.elections.public.lu/fr/elections-legislatives/2004/resultats/circonscriptions/centre/index.html) (in French). Service Information et Presse. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10. ## External links - [Chamber of Deputies official website biography](https://www.chd.lu/en/deputy/151) (in French) |- |- |- --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Claude Wiseler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Wiseler) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Wiseler?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.