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Robert Mehlen (born 12 May 1949 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish politician, former president of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), [1] and farmer. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies between 1989 and 2009, representing the Circonscription Est. He was the party's president between 1991 and 2012.
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