Ben Fayot is a Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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ian politician

Politician

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 from the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...

 (LSAP). Fayot sat in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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 for five years from 1984. He was a Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 from 1989 until 1999, when he returned to the Chamber of Deputies. Since 2004, he has been the president of the LSAP's deputation in the Chamber of Deputies.

By profession, Fayot was a political historian, specialising in the history of socialism

Socialism

Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

 in Luxembourg. He is also a contributor to the daily Tageblatt

Tageblatt

Tageblatt is a Luxembourgian daily newspaper, published in Esch-sur-Alzette by Editpress. It is the country's second-most popular newspaper, behind the rival d'Wort. It describes itself as the Zeitung fir Lëtzebuerg .In 2004, Tageblatt had a daily circulation of 17,106: about one-quarter that of...

newspaper on the topics related to socialism.