Joseph Wohlfart was a Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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ian politician. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

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 (LSAP), Wohlfart held office at local, national, and supranational level.

In 1950, Wohlfart was elected to the communal

Communes of Luxembourg

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 council of Lorentzweiler

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, on which he served for over two decades, including a period as mayor (1961 – 74). He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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 in 1954. Wohlfart sat in the Thorn Ministry

Thorn Ministry

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 as the Minister for the Interior

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 from 1974 until 1979. In 1988, on the death of Lydie Schmit

Lydie Schmit

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, Wohlfart succeeded as one of Luxembourg's six Members of the European Parliament

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, in which capacity he served until the 1989 election

European Parliament election, 1989 (Luxembourg)

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He is the father of Georges Wohlfart

Georges Wohlfart

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, a fellow politician and government minister.