Andy Maar

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Andy Maar
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Maar at the Landeskongress in December 2011
Born (1983-12-19) December 19, 1983 (age 39)
Occupation(s)Politician, student
Years active2010-present

Andy Maar (born December 19, 1983) is a Luxembourgish former politician. [1]

He used to be treasurer and, later, general secretary of the Pirate Party of Luxembourg (Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg) and the former national president of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party's (ADR) youth organization ADRenalin.[ citation needed ]

He studied telecommunication electronics in the Lycée technique d'Esch-sur-Alzette.[ citation needed ]

Political career

In 2010, Maar was elected as the national president of ADRenalin.[ citation needed ] In 2011, he was re-elected by the national congress of ADRenalin. [2] Additionally, he was a member both of the national board and of the executive committee of the ADR. As a representative of Adrenalin, a youth organisation of a party which is a member of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, he was himself the Luxembourgish delegate at the founding congress of the European Young Conservatives (EYC).

After the municipal elections of October 19, 2011, he and a large number of other members resigned from the ADRenalin national board due to political and ideological differences and, on October 11, he left the party. [3]

On October 29, 2011, at the national congress of the Pirate Party of Luxembourg, he was elected treasurer. [4]

On November 24, 2013, he was elected as the general secretary. [5]

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References

  1. "Press release for national congress 2016". Archived from the original on December 21, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ADRenalin - Nationalkongress 2011
  3. Pressekommuniqué: Nationalvirstand vun der Adrenalin opgeléist
  4. Biography of Andy Maar within the pirate party
  5. Du changement en vue chez les Pirates