Victor Abens

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name = Victor Abens


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birth_date = October 16, 1912
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death_date = January 14, 1993
death_place = Liège
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nationality = Luxembourgian

Victor Abens (16 October 1912 – 14 January 1993) was a Luxembourgian politician for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.

He was a member of the Letzeburger Vollekslegio'n (LVL) resistance group, which fought against the German occupation during the Second World War. After the war, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies from 1945, and mayor of his hometown of Vianden from 1946, before resigning both offices in 1981. He represented the Chamber of Deputies in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Council of Europe from 1964 until 1979 (1964 –72 as a substitute). [cite web |url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/ALMemberDetails.asp?MemberID=1076 |title=M. Victor Abens |accessdate=2008-04-12 |last= |first= |date= |publisher=Council of Europe ] He was elected to the European Parliament in 1979, in which he sat until 1989. He was Vice-President of the Socialist Group from 1984 until 1987. [cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=FR&id=1802 |title=Victor Abens |accessdate=2008-04-12 |last= |first= |date= |publisher=European Parliament ]

He died in Liège in 1993, at the age of 90. The street on which Vianden's town hall is located is named after him ("Place Abens Victor").

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NAME=Abens, Victor
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Luxembourgian politician for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
DATE OF BIRTH=October 16, 1912
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DATE OF DEATH=January 14, 1993
PLACE OF DEATH=Liège