Jean Asselborn was born on 27 April 1949 in Steinfort.
After leaving school at the age of 18, Jean Asselborn resumed his studies in 1976 by attending evening classes. He obtained his final secondary school diploma from the Athénée de Luxembourg the same year.
In October 1981, Jean Asselborn was awarded a master’s degree in private judicial law from the University Nancy II.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Repubic of Poland are celebrating the centenary of their diplomatic relations this year. The diplomatic relations were established on 18 April 1921 by the presentation of the credentials of Count Władysław Sobański to Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Charlotte.
Joint op-ed by the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Austria, Malta, Portugal.
On 25th March 2021, Luxembourg's foreign policy chief Jean Asselborn invited the Ambassador of the People's Repubic of China in Luxembourg, H.E. Mrs Yang Xiaorong, to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs for a meeting.
On 11th March 2021, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn spoke via videoconference to his counterpart from the Kingdom of Thailand, Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai.
