Luxembourg's former finance minister Luc Frieden will become the country's new prime minister, leading a government coalition of his Christian democratic party and the liberal party of former Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.

• Frieden's Christian Social People's Party (CSV), Luxembourg's long-dominant centre-right party, won the election last month, leaving the former coalition of liberals, socialists and greens without a majority.
• After nearly six weeks of negotiations, the CSV on Thursday signed a coalition agreement with Bettel's Democratic Party.  
• In the new government, Bettel will take on the role of foreign affairs minister, after leading Luxembourg for 10 years. Gilles Roth (CSV) was named as new finance minister. 
• The coalition holds a majority of 35 seats in the 60-seat Luxembourg parliament.