Alphonse 'Aly' Jaerling is a Luxembourg

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ian politician. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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 from 1999

Luxembourgian legislative election, 1999

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, when he was first elected for the Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternative Democratic Reform Party

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 (ADR) until 2009

Luxembourgian legislative election, 2009

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. He is also a member of Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette

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's communal council

Esch-sur-Alzette communal council

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 (1993 – 1999, 2000 – ).

Jaerling left the ADR on 1 May 2006, protesting at the shift in the party's emphasis away from pension reform, which had originally been the ADR's raison d'être, and decrying the 'nationalism

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' espoused by the party. The party had recently renamed itself from 'Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice', a name that it had borne since 1992, as part of its gradual metamorphosis from a single-issue party to one of the established parties. However, Jaerling's departure dealt the party a major blow, reducing the party's deputation in the Chamber of Deputies to four seats, ending its qualification as a party caucus (it qualifies now only as a 'group'), and calling into question the party's future.

In the 2009 election, Jaerling ran for the Citizens' List

Citizens' List

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, heading the list in Sud

Circonscription Sud (Luxembourg)

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. The party came last of the eight parties running, and Jaerling was not elected.

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