Jhemp Bertrand

Jean-Pierre "Jhemp" Bertrand (1921 – 1 July 2008) was a politician and activist in Luxembourg. He was a councillor in Schuttrange for 43 years,[1] and was a perennial candidate.

A tax collector by profession,[2] Bertrand became an anarcho-capitalist and tax resister. Bertrand started politics as a member of the Democratic Party, before founding a number of parties to advance his politics, including the Liberal Party (1979), the Republican Party (1989), the Party for Regional and Real Politics (1994),[3] and The Taxpayer (1999).[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Jhemp Bertrand, un anarchiste de droite" (in French). The Left. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Koch-Kent, Henri (1974). Sie boten Trotz (in German). Imprimerie Hermann.
  3. ↑ "Le contexte socio-politique" (in French). Chamber of Deputies. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Hilgert, Romain (6 February 2004). "The Birth of a Party". Lëtzebuerger Land (in Luxembourgish).