Ben Fayot (born 25 June 1937 in

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) is a

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ish

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from the

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(LSAP). Fayot sat in the

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for five years from 1984. He was a

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from 1989 until 1999, when he returned to the Chamber of Deputies. Since 2004, he has been the president of the LSAP's deputation in the Chamber of Deputies. By profession, Fayot was a political historian, specialising in the history of

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in Luxembourg. He is also a contributor to the daily ''

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'' newspaper on the topics related to socialism. He is the father of fellow LSAP politician Franz Fayot, who served as Minister of the Economy from 2020 to 2023.

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