Albert Bousser was a Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

ian politician, railway inspector, and trade unionist.

Born on 8 February 1906 in Alzingen

Alzingen

Alzingen is a town in the commune of Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 1,622.The town's main thoroughfare is the Route de Thionville, which runs from Thionville, France, to Luxembourg City....

, Bousser studied in Paris

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 at the École du génie civil, after which he became a railway inspector for Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois

Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois

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, in which capacity he worked until 1969. He worked for the railway workers' union, first as Secretary (1945–1954) and later as President (1954–1964).

Bousser first entered the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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 in 1946, as he would remain until 1964, when he became a government minister

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, as Minister for Transport and Minister for Public Works (1964–1969). He briefly sat on the communal council

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Luxembourg communal council is the local council for the commune of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.It consists of twenty-seven members, elected every six years by proportional representation. The last elections were held on 9 October 2005, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party...

 of Luxembourg City (1950–1951), before moving to Howald

Howald

Howald is a town in the commune of Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg. The town merges almost seamlessly with Luxembourg City's south-eastern suburban quarter of South Bonnevoie, which lies to the north of Howald...

, in Hesperange

Hesperange

Hesperange is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City.The total population of the commune is 13,103 persons...

 and serving as Mayor of Hesperange. During this time, he was President of the LSAP from 1952 to 1954.

He was instrumental, in 1971, to forming the Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (Luxembourg)

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. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies again in the 1974 election

Luxembourgian legislative election, 1974

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, in which he sat until 1979.
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