Niki Bettendorf is 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. He served as Mayor of Bertrange from 1982 until 2001.

He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

The Chamber of Deputies , abbreviated to the Chamber, is the unicameral national legislature of Luxembourg. 'Krautmaart' is sometimes used as a metonym for the Chamber, after the square on which the Hôtel de la Chambre is located....

 for sixteen years, from 19 June 1990 until he resigned on 10 October 2006, when he resigned in favour of the younger Alex Krieps

Alex Krieps

Dr Alexandre Krieps is a Luxembourgian politician for the Democratic Party . He is a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Centre constituency, where the DP is strongest. He was first elected in 1999, but lost his seat in the 2004 election, in which the DP fared poorly...

. During his tenure in the Chamber of Deputies, Bettendorf was one of the Chamber's three Vice Presidents (1989–2006), and also led Luxembourg's delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Founded in 1955, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly serves as the consultative interparliamentary organisation for the North Atlantic Alliance. Its current President is Karl A...

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