Mady Delvaux-Stehres
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Mady Delvaux-Stehres is a politician
Politician
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 in Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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She studied classical literature in Paris
Paris
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 and became a teacher at a lycée (high school) in the city of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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. She has been a member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
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 since 1974 and in 1987 became a member of the city council
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 of Luxembourg. She gave up her teaching post in 1989 when she entered government as secretary of State for Health, Social Security, Youth, and Sport. She was Minister for Transport between 1994 and 1999, and from 2004 has been Minister for Education.

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