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Lucien ThielLucien Thiel (14 February 1943 – 25 August 2011) was a Luxembourgish politician and journalist. He was a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), whose group he led in the Chamber of Deputies from 1 March 2011 until his sudden death six months later.[1] Born in Luxembourg City, Thiel studied journalism at university. From 1967 to 1979, Thiel was the editor of Revue, before becoming the editor-in-chief of d'Lëtzebuerger Land: a position that he held from 1980 to 1989.[2] From 1990 to 2004, he was a director of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL).[3] From 2000 to 2002, Thiel was the President of the government's Economic and Social Council (French: Conseil économique et social).[2] Thiel ran for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2004 election, running for the CSV in Centre.[2] He received the sixth-most votes among CSV candidates — 16,646[4] — allowing him to be elected easily. In the 2005 Luxembourgian local elections, he was also elected to Luxembourg communal council.[2] In the 2009 general election, Thiel came fifth on the CSV's list, with 20,799 votes, and was re-elected.[5] He took a significant interest in economic matters, particularly the protection of pensions and responding to the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[3] He was elected President of the CSV's group in the Chamber of Deputies in February 2011,[3] replacing Jean-Louis Schiltz when he stepped down on 1 March 2011. Six months into the role, on 25 August 2011, Thiel died of a heart attack. As well as his political and journalistic work, Thiel was socially active, founding the Kräizbierg Foundation for the disabled, of which he became Chairman in 2011.[3] At his death, he was married and had two children.[2] Footnotes
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