Alphonse Osch (29 April 1909 – 18 June 1997) was a

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ish politician. He was a member of the

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during the Second World War, and was later a co-founder of the Democratic Party. In 1945 and from 1953 to 1954, after the resignation of Ferdinand Frieden, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was the minister for public health and war damages, from 1947 to 1948 in the Dupong-Schaus Ministry and from 1948 to 1951 in the Dupong-Schaus-Bodson Ministry. From 1952 to 1961, and from 1971 to 1981 he was in the city council of

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. From 1953 to 1975 he was head of the insurance company La Bâloise.

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1909 births 1997 deaths People from Diekirch (canton) Health ministers of Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-politician-stub