Nicolas Mosar was a Luxembourg politician

Politics of Luxembourg

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, jurist, and diplomat.

A Christian Social People's Party

Christian Social People's Party

The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...

 (CSV) member, Mosar was elected to the communal council

Luxembourg communal council

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 in 1959, and sat in the council until 1984, including a period as an échevin

Échevin (Luxembourg)

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. He first entered the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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 in 1969, and, excluding a two-year spell out (1974–1976) after the CSV's 1974 election defeat

Luxembourgian legislative election, 1974

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, sat in the Chamber until 1984. During this time, he was also President of the CSV (1972–1974).

Leaving domestic politics, Mosar replaced Gaston Thorn

Gaston Thorn

Gaston Egmond Thorn was a Luxembourg politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally...

 as Luxembourg's European Commissioner

European Commissioner

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 in 1985, taking on the brief of European Commissioner for Energy

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. After four years in the job, he moved to bilateral diplomacy, becoming Luxembourg's Ambassador to Italy (1989–1992).

He died in 2004. His son, Laurent

Laurent Mosar

Laurent Mosar is a Luxembourgian politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party and sits in the Chamber of Deputies. He has been the President of the Chamber since 28 July 2009....

, now sits in the Chamber of Deputies and Luxembourg City council for the CSV, just as Nicolas had.
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