Alphonse Osch (29 April 1909 – 18 June 1997) was a
Luxembourgian
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politician.
He was a member of the
Luxembourg Resistance during the Second World War, and was later a co-founder of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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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
Luxembourg City
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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