Marcel Schlechter (born 9 July 1928 in

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) is a retired

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ian politician and

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who started his career as a bus driver. A member of the

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, Schlechter served in the Santer-Poos Ministry I as Minister for Transport, Minister for Public Works, and Minister for Energy. He was a

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from 1989 until 1999.

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