Marcelle Lentz-Cornette

Who was Marcelle Lentz-Cornette?

Marcelle Lentz-Cornette was a Luxembourgish politician for the Christian Social People's Party. Outside politics, she was a schoolteacher.

Lentz-Cornette was born in Niederkorn, in the southern commune of Differdange. She entered the communal council of Sanem in 1968, and remained there until 1985, in addition to holding the position of échevin in the commune's administration. Lentz-Cornette was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1979. She served only one term, having become one of Luxembourg's six MEPs in 1980, replacing Jean Spautz. Lentz-Cornette sat in the European Parliament for two terms, including one full term, until 1989. In that year, she joined the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of which she remained a member until 1999. She served two more spells in Sanem's communal council, before retiring.

On September 28 2013 Prime Minister Juncker and the Mayor of Sanem launched a square in new city Belval named : place Marcelle Lentz-Cornette.