Eugène Berger (4 December 1960 – 21 January 2020) was a politician from

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. Berger studied to become a teacher, and worked in this profession from 1988 to 1994. In 1994, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the

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. He was State Secretary of the Environment from 1999 to 2004. On 1 October 1992, he became the first Luxembourger to climb

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...

, for which he won the title of Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year. He had two children.

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Biography on Luxembourg government site
1960 births 2020 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) from Sud Democratic Party (Luxembourg) politicians Luxembourgian educators Summiters of Mount Everest People from Bettembourg Luxembourgian mountain climbers {{Luxembourg-sport-bio-stub