The Green Party took only five days to decide who should succeed Carole Dieschbourg as Minister for the Environment.
This is the sixth time since the last elections that a new minister has been appointed.
Carole Dieschbourg will be replaced by Joëlle Welfring, a senior civil servant. The 47-year-old director of the Environment Agency previously worked at the Henri Tudor Public Research Centre.
The new Minister was born in Esch-sur-Alzette and studied biochemistry and environmental sciences. She has two children.
The Green Party (Déi Gréng) has thus decided to play it save by banking on a technocratic solution and not putting another politician in the spotlight ahead of the 2023 elections.
Over the past few days, there have been speculations that the party might decide to nominate MP Stéphanie Empain or MEP Tilly Metz for the government position.
None of the rumours, however, proved to be true: With Joëlle Welfring, the Green Party sends an experienced senior civil servant to the government.
Welfring only became a member of the Green Party on Wednesday, but she has already declared that she would be willing to participate in the 2023 legislative elections.
The nomination by the party executive will be confirmed by a special national assembly on Saturday.
Welfring will be sworn in by Grand Duke Henri on Monday, ensuring that the position of Minister for the Environment will not be vacant for long.
