The president of the Council of State is the leader of Luxembourg's Council of State.
The president is appointed by the grand duke, along with two vice presidents, and the appointment lasts for one year (although it can be renewed). The president of the Council of State must be either a member of the Council of State or the grand duke himself. However, to date, the latter option has never been taken, and it has become convention that the grand duke cannot be the president.
Note that the position has often been left vacant, so few of the successions were immediate.
List of presidents
edit| President | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine | 28 Nov 1857 | 10 Apr 1868 |
| Charles-Mathias Simons | 5 Jan 1869 | 5 Jan 1870 |
| François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet | 16 Feb 1870 | 16 Feb 1871 |
| Vendelin Jurion | 15 Mar 1871 | 15 Mar 1872 |
| Édouard Thilges (1st time) | 25 Jul 1872 | 29 Jul 1874 |
| Emmanuel Servais | 27 Dec 1874 | 8 Nov 1887 |
| Henri Vannérus (1st time) | 15 Feb 1888 | 15 Feb 1889 |
| Édouard Thilges (2nd time) | 15 Feb 1889 | 23 May 1895 |
| Henri Vannérus (2nd time) | 23 May 1895 | 28 Dec 1914 |
| Victor Thorn (1st time) | 28 Dec 1914 | 3 Mar 1915 |
| Victor Thorn (2nd time) | 6 Nov 1915 | 24 Feb 1916 |
| Mathias Mongenast | 1 Apr 1916 | 19 Jun 1917 |
| Victor Thorn (3rd time) | 19 Jun 1917 | 15 Sep 1930 |
| Joseph Steichen | 27 Feb 1931 | 20 Feb 1932 |
| Ernest Hamélius | 10 Jun 1932 | 16 Nov 1945 |
| Léon Kauffmann | 14 Dec 1945 | 14 Feb 1952 |
| Félix Welter | 14 Feb 1952 | 30 Jun 1969 |
| Maurice Sevenig | 1 Jul 1969 | 26 Jun 1975 |
| Emile Raus | 26 Jun 1975 | 25 Jun 1976 |
| Albert Goldmann | 26 Jun 1976 | 4 Dec 1976 |
| Ferdinand Wirtgen | 20 Dec 1976 | 30 Sep 1978 |
| Roger Maul | 1 Oct 1978 | 16 Sep 1979 |
| Alex Bonn | 21 Sep 1979 | 18 Jun 1980 |
| François Goerens | 20 Jun 1980 | 2 Aug 1987 |
| Ernest Arendt | 6 Aug 1987 | 6 Aug 1988 |
| Georges Thorn | 6 Aug 1988 | 30 Oct 1991 |
| Jean Dupong | 1 Nov 1991 | 18 May 1994 |
| Paul Beghin | 19 May 1994 | 31 Dec 1999 |
| Raymond Kirsch | 14 Jan 2000 | 13 Jan 2001 |
| Marcel Sauber | 15 Jan 2001 | 11 Mar 2003 |
| Pierre Mores | 29 Apr 2003 | 30 Sep 2007 |
| Alain Meyer | 30 Sep 2007 | 30 Sep 2009 |
| Georges Schroeder | 30 Sep 2009 | 6 Jun 2012 |
| Victor Gillen | 7 Aug 2012 | 20 Dec 2014 |
| Viviane Ecker | 23 Dec 2014 | 28 Mar 2016 |
| Georges Wivenes | 30 Mar 2016 | 31 Mar 2019 |
| Agnès Durdu | 1 Apr 2019 | 6 Apr 2021 |
| Christophe Schiltz | 7 Apr 2021 | 6 Apr 2024 |
| Marc Thewes | 7 Apr 2024 | Present day |