Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Arbechterpartei




Leader	Alex Bodry

Founded	1945
Headquarters	37 rue du St. Esprit Luxembourg City

Political ideology	Social democracy
International affiliation	Socialist International

Website	LSAP

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The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Arbechterpartei, French: Parti Ouvrier Socialiste Luxembourgeois, German: Luxemburger Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei), abbreviated to LSAP or POSL,^[1] is a social democrat political party in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

The LSAP is currently the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 14 of 60 seats at the 2004 election. It is the junior partner in the governing grand coalition with the Christian Social People's Party. The party's President is Alex Bodry, a member of the Chamber of Deputies and the Mayor of Dudelange. However, the leading LSAP member in the government is Jean Asselborn, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

During the 2004 election campaign, it attracted much derision for copying the Belgian Socialist Party's election programme.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Presidents of the LSAP

Michel Rasquin (1945 – 1951)
Paul Wilwertz (1951 – 1952)
Albert Bousser (1952 – 1954)
Émile Ludwig (1954 – 1955)
Paul Wilwertz (1955 – 1959)
Henry Cravatte (1959 – 1970)
Antoine Wehenkel (1970 – 1974)
Lydie Schmit (1974 – 1980)
Robert Krieps (1980 – 1985)
Ben Fayot (1985 – 1997)
Jean Asselborn (1997 – 2004)
Alex Bodry (2004 – )^[2]

^ LSAP is more commonly used, although the French POSL is also mandated by the party's statutes. (French) LSAP party statutes. Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (17 March 2002). Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
^ Presidents of the LSAP since 1945. Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. Retrieved on 2006-07-19.

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