Marcel Fischbach was a Luxembourg

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ian politician

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, journalist

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, and diplomat

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. He held the position of Minister for Defence in the second cabinet of Pierre Werner.

From 1939, he wrote for d'Wort, a daily newspaper. After the Second World War

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, Fischbach sat in both the Chamber of Deputies

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 (1945 – 1958 and 1959 – 1964) and Luxembourg City's Luxembourg communal council

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 (1945 – 1964). On 15 July 1964, he became Minister for Defence. During this time, Fischbach was responsible for the reduction of national service

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 from nine months to six months. However, a political crisis erupted in late 1966 over the final transformation of the Luxembourgian army

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 into an all-volunteer

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 force, over which Fischbach resigned from the cabinet, and retired from politics, on 3 January 1967.

After his resignation, Fischbach became a senior diplomat, serving as Ambassador to Austria (1967 – 1973), Ambassador to Belgium (1973 – 1977), and Ambassador to Germany (1977 – 1979).

Marcel's son, Marc Fischbach

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Marc Fischbach is a Luxembourgian politician belonging to the Christian Social People's Party. From 1979 until 1984, Fischbach was a Member of the European Parliament...

, would also go on to serve as Minister for Defence (1984 – 1989).
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