Alexandre Krieps (born 25 June 1946 in

Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The nam ...

, England) is a Luxembourgish politician for the Democratic Party (DP). He is a member of the

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, representing the

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constituency, where the DP is strongest. He was first elected in

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, 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

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, 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

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, a position that he had previously held from 1985 to 1992. He is a

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by trade.

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Chamber of Deputies official biography
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) from Centre Democratic Party (Luxembourg) politicians Luxembourgian physicians 1946 births Living people Politicians from Guildford {{Luxembourg-politician-stub