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Bettel II Government
Bettel II Government
; Cabinet of Luxembourg
2018–2023
Date formed	5 December 2018
Date dissolved	17 November 2023; (4 years, 11 months, 1 week and 5 days)
People and organisations
Grand Duke	Henri
Prime Minister	Xavier Bettel
Deputy Prime Minister	Paulette Lenert; François Bausch
Total no. of members	17
Member parties	DP; LSAP; Greens
Status in legislature	Majority government (coalition)
Opposition parties	CSV; ADR; Pirates; The Left
Opposition leader	Martine Hansen
History
Election	2018 general election
Legislature terms	34th Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies
Predecessor	Bettel I Government
Successor	Frieden-Bettel Government

The Bettel II government (also known as Bettel-Lenert-Bausch Government) was the government of Luxembourg from 2018 to 2023. It was led by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and co-Deputy Prime Ministers Paulette Lenert and François Bausch. It was formed on 5 December 2018, after the 2018 election which saw all 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies renewed.^[1]^[2] The government was a continuation of the traffic light coalition (or so-called Gambia coalition, in reference to the colours of the Gambia's flag) between the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) and The Greens from the First Bettel–Schneider Ministry, with minor changes.

In the 2023 election, the government gained 29 seats, losing its majority due to the electoral defeat of The Greens. On 9 October 2023, Bettel tendered his resignation to Grand Duke Henri, who the same day appointed CSV leader Luc Frieden to form a government, which took office on 17 November and in which Bettel became Deputy Prime Minister.

Overview

	Party	Office
Xavier Bettel	DP	Prime Minister Minister of Communications and the Media Minister of State Minister of Administrative Reform
Paulette Lenert	LSAP	First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Health Minister of Consumer Protection
François Bausch	DG	Second Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Mobility, Transport, & Public Works Minister of Defence
Jean Asselborn	LSAP	Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Immigration and Asylum
Claude Haagen	LSAP	Minister of Agriculture Minister of Social Security
Sam Tanson	DG	Minister of Justice Minister of Culture
Yuriko Backes	DP	Minister of Finance
Georges Engel	LSAP	Minister of Sport Minister of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy
Claude Meisch	DP	Minister of Children and Youth Minister of Higher Education and Research Minister of National Education
Max Hahn	DP	Minister of the Greater Region Minister of Family and Integration
Joëlle Welfring	DG	Minister of the Environment, Climate, and Sustainable Development
Marc Hansen	DP	Minister of the Civil Service Minister of Relations with Parliament
Claude Turmes	DG	Minister of Energy Minister of Spatial Planning
Taina Bofferding	LSAP	Minister of the Interior Minister of Equal Opportunities
Lex Delles	DP	Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Minister of Tourism
Henri Kox	DG	Minister of Housing Minister of Internal Security
Franz Fayot	LSAP	Minister of the Economy Minister of Cooperation and Humanitarian Action