Lucien Thiel (14 February 1943 ? 25 August 2011) was a Luxembourgian politician and journalist. He was a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), whose group he led in the Chamber of Deputies from 1 March 2011 until his sudden death six months later. ^[1]

Born in Luxembourg City , Thiel studied journalism at university. From 1967 to 1979, Thiel was the editor of Revue , before becoming the editor-in-chief of d'Letzebuerger Land : a position that he held from 1980 to 1989. ^[2] From 1990 to 2004, he was a director of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL). ^[3] From 2000 to 2002, Thiel was the President of the government's Economic and Social Council ( French : Conseil economique et social ). ^[2]

Thiel ran for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2004 election , running for the CSV in Centre . ^[2] He received the sixth-most votes among CSV candidates ? 16,646 ^[4] ? allowing him to be elected easily. In 2005 , he was also elected to Luxembourg communal council . ^[2] In the 2009 general election , Thiel came fifth on the CSV's list, with 20,799 votes, and was re-elected. ^[5] He took a significant interest in economic matters, particularly the protection of pensions and responding to the late-2000s financial crisis . ^[3] He was elected President of the CSV's group in the Chamber of Deputies in February 2011, ^[3] replacing Jean-Louis Schiltz when he stepped down on 1 March 2011. Six months into the role, on 25 August 2011, Thiel died of a heart attack .

As well as his political and journalistic work, Thiel was socially active, founding the Kraizbierg Foundation for the disabled, of which he became Chairman in 2011. ^[3] At his death, he was married and had two children. ^[2]

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