Mathias Hinterscheid (26 January 1931 – 27 December 2016) was a

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

trade unionist. Born in

Dudelange Dudelange (; lb, Diddeleng , german: Düdelingen) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 19,734 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France. , the town of Dudela ...

, Hinterscheid attended the Athanaeum in Luxembourg City. He became a steelworker at Arbed and joined the

Luxembourg Workers' Union The Luxembourg Workers' Union ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband, LAV) was a general union in Luxembourg. The union was founded in 1920, as the Luxembourg Mining and Metalworkers' Union. This was a merger of the Luxembourg Miners' and Ironworke ...

(LAV) in 1946. In 1947, he joined the

Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei, french: Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois, german: Luxemburger Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei), abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social-democratic, pr ...

. He began working full-time for the LAV, with responsibility for youth, in 1958. In 1963, Hinterscheid became the general secretary of the

General Confederation of Labour of Luxembourg The General Confederation of Labour of Luxembourg (CGT-L) french: Confédération générale du travail luxembourgeoise is a trade union federation in Luxembourg. The federation was established in 1927, on the initiative of unions representing rai ...

(CGT-L), to which the LAV was affiliated. In 1970, he moved to become president of both organisations. In 1976, Hinterscheid was elected as the general secretary of the

European Trade Union Confederation The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is the major trade union organisation representing workers at the European level. In its role as a European social partner, the ETUC works both in a consulting role with the European Commission and ...

(ETUC). During his time in office, the ETUC attracted many new affiliates and became the main focus for engagement between trade unions, the European Economic Community, and other European institutions. He retired in 1991, and became an advisor to

Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born 20 July 1925) is a French politician who served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He served as Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France), Minister of Finance of Fran ...

. From 1998 until 2008, Hinterscheid served on the board of directors of the Central Bank of Luxembourg. He died late in 2016, shortly after being honored for 70 years in the trade union movement.

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