Luxembourg's Ministry of Justice has confirmed that, on 6 October 2021, the mandate of the Luxembourg judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union, François Biltgen, expires and Luxembourg must submit as soon as possible the name of the person to be appointed to the post of Luxembourg judge for a new mandate.
The judges are nominated representatives of the governments of EU Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 253 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
A call for applications was launched on 20 November 2020 and by ministerial decree of 26 November 2020 a national selection committee was established. The national selection committee held talks with candidates in January and unanimously proposed to the government to appoint François Biltgen as judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The government has decided to retain the candidacy of François Biltgen for the post of judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Francois Biltgen was born in Esch-sur-Alzette in 1958 and was elected to parliament as a CSV deputy in Luxembourg in 2003. He served as government minister in various portfolios from 2009 until 2013 when he resigned and shortly afterwards took up the position of Luxembourg's judge at the EU Court of Justice, replacing Jean-Jacques Kasel.
