Albert Gehlen

Albert H. Gehlen (born April 1, 1940 in Elsenborn ) is a Belgian politician of the German-speaking Christian Social Party (CSP). Gehlen was a long-time member of the parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, whose chairmanship he held from 1976 to 1981, and of the federal Chamber of Deputies . He was chairman of the CSP from 1971 to 1976. At the local level, Albert Gehlen was Mayor of Sankt Vith from 1989 to 1994 . Gehlen is licensed in Germanic philology and admitted to teaching in the upper secondary school.

Overview of political offices

• 1973–1999: Member of the Council of the German Cultural Community (RdK), the Council of the German-speaking Community (RDG) and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community (PDG)
• 1976–1981: President of the Council of the German Cultural Community (RdK)
• 1982–2000: City council member in Sankt Vith
• 1989–1994: Mayor of Sankt Vith
• 1981–1999: Member of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies

Awards

• Grand Officer of the Order of the Leopold
• First class civil medal
• Eifel-Ardennes badge for cross-border ideas of the Eifelverein

Web links

• Bittner follows Gehlen Trierischer Volksfreund , October 13, 2004 (with a short biography of Gehlen)
• Eifel-Ardennes plaque for Albert Gehen . Grenz-Echo , December 13, 2009
• The history of the Christian Social Party. Christian Social Party , archived from the original on October 22, 2016 ; accessed on December 4, 2017 .