Louis Rech

Louis Rech (born 1926 in Faller, Italy) is a retired Luxembourgian politician and trade unionist.fr icon cite news |first=Serge |last=Kollweter |title=M. Louis Rech: ler bourgmestre italien |url=http://www.forum.lu/pdf/artikel/1689_82_Kollwelter.pdf |format=PDF |work= |publisher=Forum |id= |pages=pp. 12–3 |page= |date=11 December 1981 |accessdate=2007-09-09 ] A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Rech served as Mayor of Dudelange between 1985 and 1993.

Born as one of six children in northern Italy, Rech's parents emigrated to Dudelange, in southern Luxembourg, when he was one year old, in order for Rech's father to work in the Arbed steel mill. They lived in Dudelange's Italian Quarter, speaking Italian in everyday life and retaining Italian traditions. Despite this, Rech didn't return to Italy until the age of 35, having naturalised as a Luxembourgian citizen in 1956.

Rech progressed from the trade union movement to involvement in the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). In 1985, he became Mayor of Dudelange, becoming the first Italian Luxembourger to hold the position of mayor in any commune.

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s-ttl|title=Mayor of Dudelange
years=1985 – 1993