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Félix Braz (born 16 March 1966)[2] is a Luxembourgish politician who served as Second Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Greens, Braz also served as Minister of Justice in the Bettel-Schneider coalition government. In October 2019, he resigned as Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice because of health issues.[3][4]
Braz, son of Portuguese immigrants living in Luxembourg since 1960, was born in Differdange in 1966.[2] He became a Luxembourg citizen when he completed 18 years old, in 1984.[5] After secondary school, he started studying law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University, but broke off his studies after one year.[2]
In 1990 he worked as chief editor and presenter of a news broadcast in Portuguese on RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg.[2]
From 1991 he was the parliamentary secretary for the Greens.[2] He was also a communal councillor in Esch-sur-Alzette from 1995 to 2000, and an alderman (échevin) from 2000 to 2011.[2]
He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2004 for the Sud constituency, and was re-elected in 2009 and 2013.[2] In the Chamber, he was vice-chairman of the Committee for Transport from 2004 to 2009.[2] After the October 2013 elections, he became chairman of the Greens' parliamentary group.[2] He joined the new coalition government as Minister for Justice on 4 December 2013.[2]
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