Alexandre Krieps (born 25 June 1946 in
Guildford, England) is a Luxembourgish politician for the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
(DP).
He is a member of the
Chamber of Deputies, representing the
Centre
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constituency, where the DP is strongest. He was first elected in
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
, but lost his seat in the
2004 election, in which the DP fared poorly. He returned to the Chamber on 10 October 2006,
replacing
Niki Bettendorf upon Bettendorf's resignation.
Krieps was born in
Guildford,
Surrey, when his father, fellow politician and
resistance leader
Émile Krieps
Émile Krieps (4 January 1920 – 30 September 1998) was a Luxembourgish resistance leader, soldier, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Krieps served in cabinets under Pierre Werner and Gaston Thorn.
For his services in the Sec ...
, was posted in the United Kingdom in the aftermath the Second World War.
He is currently President of the
Luxembourg Rugby Federation
Luxembourg Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Luxembourg. It was founded in 1974 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1991. Luxembourg Rugby team plays its ...
, a position that he had previously held from 1985 to 1992. He is a
general practitioner by trade.
Footnotes
External links
Chamber of Deputies official biography
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) from Centre
Democratic Party (Luxembourg) politicians
Luxembourgian physicians
1946 births
Living people
People from Guildford
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