Joseph Wohlfart

Joseph Wohlfart (5 June 1920 – 5 July 2000) was a

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ian politician. A member of the

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(LSAP), Wohlfart held office at local, national, and supranational level. In 1950, Wohlfart was elected to the communal council of

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, on which he served for over two decades, including a period as

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(1961 – 74). He was elected to the

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in 1954. Wohlfart sat in the Thorn Ministry as the

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from 1974 until 1979. In 1988, on the death of Lydie Schmit, Wohlfart succeeded as one of Luxembourg's six

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, in which capacity he served until the 1989 election. He is the father of

Georges Wohlfart Dr Georges Wohlfart (13 July 1950 – 13 February 2013) was a Luxembourgian politician. Wohlfart was born in 1950 in Helmdange. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, he served in consecutive cabinets, under Jacques Santer and Jean-C ...

, a fellow politician and government minister. Government ministers of Luxembourg Mayors of places in Luxembourg Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) Councillors in Lorentzweiler Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party politicians 1920 births 2000 deaths People from Lorentzweiler Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party MEPs MEPs for Luxembourg 1984–1989 {{Luxembourg-MEP-stub