Corinne Cahen

Corinne Cahen is a Luxembourgish politician who has been Minister of Family and Integration and the Greater Region in the Bettel–Schneider Ministry I since 4 December 2013. She was born on 16 May 1973 in Luxembourg City, and grew up in a Jewish family in the Bonnevoie neighborhood of Luxembourg City. After her high school graduation, she left for France to study translation, business, and journalism. She then worked as a journalist for the AFP and Radio France Internationale, which included a period as a White House correspondent in Washington, D.C. After her return to Luxembourg, she worked for Eldoradio, RTL Radio, and her family's shoe business. Before entering politics, she was a business woman managing her family's shoe shops in Luxembourg-City and was active as president for the retail business association of Luxembourg City from 2008 to 2012. Honours : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (23 May 2017)