Martine Kemp

Martine Kemp (born 8 July 1994) is a Luxembourgish politician belonging to the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). She was a Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) from 2023 to 2024. She replaced Christophe Hansen, who decided to run in the 2023 Luxembourgish general election. She was not directly re-elected in 2024, but once again replaced Hansen after his nomination as Commissioner of Agriculture.

Education In 2017, Kemp completed her undergrad in social sciences, with a specialisation in logistics and finance, from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Thereafter she continued her studies in transport engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt, where she graduated in 2020 with a Master of Science in Traffic and Transport.

Work experience In between her studies, she completed an internship in the European Parliament in the office of Georges Bach (EPP), CSV’s last transport and train expert on the European stage. From 2021 until October 2023, Kemp worked for as a traffic-planning engineer for the City of Luxembourg.

Political career

Martine Kemp started her political career at the age of 14 in the Youth Parliament in Luxembourg, where she sat on the executive board for two years before she joined the youth wing (Jeunesse Chrétienne-Sociale) of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) in 2009. She later became vice-president of the Jeunesse Chrétienne-Sociale (CSJ).

She holds the position of Secretary for International Affairs within the CSV.

Personal life

Kemp is a member of the Unified Basketball Team of the Special Olympics Lëtzebuerg and participated with her team as a Unified partner at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin. She is the sister of Françoise Kemp. She was born in Luxembourg.