Marie-Josée Meyers-Frank (born 12 April 1952 in

Echternach Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in L ...

) is a

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ish politician. She has been a member of the

Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...

(CSV) since 1994. Frank is a member of the

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, representing the Est constituency. She was first elected to the Chamber in the 1999 election, edging four votes ahead of Nicolas Strotz to be elected third on the CSV list in the constituency (in which three CSV members were elected). She held this seat for the five-year term, but narrowly lost the third spot to Lucien Clement in the 2004 election, whilst the CSV was unable to add a fourth seat in Est. However, the appointment of

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

and

Octavie Modert Octavie Modert (born 15 November 1966) is a politician from Luxembourg. She was born in Grevenmacher, and she studied in Strasbourg and Reading. Octavie Modert belongs to the Christian Social People's Party, a major political party in Luxembourg ...

to the new government vacated those seats, allowing Frank to sit once more in the Chamber from 3 August 2004, as she has since. She was Mayor of Betzdorf until 2011, having served in that position since 1 January 2000 and sat on the communal council of Betzdorf since 1 August 1996.

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Chamber of Deputies official website biography
Women mayors of places in Luxembourg Betzdorf, Luxembourg Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) Christian Social People's Party politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) from Est 1952 births Living people People from Echternach {{Luxembourg-mayor-stub