Jean Dupong

Jean Dupong (18 May 1922 – 6 December 2007) was a Luxembourgian politician. A member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), Dupong held a number of positions in government and within the party.

Dupong was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1954 election. He would be re-elected until his retirement from the Chamber in 1979.de icon cite web |url=http://csv.lu/fr/actualites/4076.html |title=Der frühere CSV Parteipräsident Jean Dupong ist tot |accessdate=2008-05-19 |last= |first= |date=6 December 2007 |publisher=Christian Social People's Party ] During this time, he was a member of Pierre Werner's cabinet from 1967 to 1974, including as Minister for Justice from 1967 to 1969. Dupong was also President of the CSV from 1965 to 1972.

Dupong was appointed to the Council of State in 1979, in which he sat until 1994. He served as the Council's Vice-President (1988 – 91), before becoming President (1991 – 94): becoming the most prominent politician to hold the position since Léon Kauffman in 1952.

He was the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Dupong.

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s-ttl|title=Minister for Justice
years=1967 – 1969
-s-ttl|title=President of the Council of State
years=1991 – 1994
-s-ttl|title=President of the CSV
years=1965 – 1972

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NAME=Dupong, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Luxembourgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=18 May 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH=Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH=6 December 2007
PLACE OF DEATH=