Marc Fischbach is a Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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ian politician

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 belonging to the 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...

. From 1979 until 1984, Fischbach was a Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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. He served as Minister for Defence and Minister for the Police Force between 20 July 1984 and 14 July 1989, before transferring to become Minister for Justice until 30 January 1998, when he resigned from the government.

He is the son of fellow CSV politician Marcel Fischbach

Marcel Fischbach

Marcel Fischbach was a Luxembourgian politician, journalist, and diplomat. He held the position of Minister for Defence in the second cabinet of Pierre Werner.From 1939, he wrote for d'Wort, a daily newspaper...

, who had also served as Minister for Defence (1964–1967).