Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

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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

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ 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 July 19, 2006.
  2. ^ Presidents of the LSAP since 1945. Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. Retrieved on July 19, 2006.

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