Birth Name: Xavier Nicolas Bettel
Place of Birth: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Date of Birth: 3 March, 1973
Ethnicity: Russian, Polish, Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly other
Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish politician. He has served as Prime Minister of Luxembourg, and Minister for Communications and Media, both, since 4 December, 2013. He was previously Mayor of Luxembourg City, from 24 November, 2011 to 4 December, 2013. He is the country’s first openly gay Prime Minister.
Xavier is the son of Aniela and Claude Marcel Bettel, a wine merchant. His mother is French, and of at least half Russian descent. His great-great-uncle (great-grandfather’s brother) was Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the late Romantic period, Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Xavier is married to Belgian architect Gauthier Destenay.
Xavier has stated:
I’m of Polish and Russian origin, with Catholic, Jewish, Orthodox and atheist grandparents.
Xavier’s father is said to have had a Russian father and a Polish mother.
Xavier’s maternal grandfather was named Maurice Spiro. Maurice likely was Jewish.
Xavier’s maternal grandfather was named Vera Rachmaninova (the son of Arkady Vasilyevich Rachmaninov). Vera was born in Russia. Arkady was the son of Vasily Arkadyevich Rachmaninov and Lyubov Petrovna Butakova.
Source: Genealogy of Xavier Bettel – https://www.geni.com
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