Joseph Giovanni 'Jup' Weber (15 June 1950 – 8 October 2021) was a

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ish politician. Weber was instrumental in the foundation of the original Greens in 1983, and joined the

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when the party split in two in 1985. After the two-halves reunited, Weber was one of Luxembourg's six

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of the

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(1994–1999). He left the Greens in 1995, defecting in the European Parliament to the

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. In 1999, his new party, the

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, ran against the Greens in both the

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and

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. The party was beaten into sixth place in all legislative circonscriptions and in the European election. After this failure to break through, the party was disbanded.

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1950 births 2021 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) The Greens (Luxembourg) politicians Politicians from Luxembourg City Alumni of the Athénée de Luxembourg The Greens (Luxembourg) MEPs MEPs for Luxembourg 1994–1999 {{Luxembourg-MEP-stub