{"id":"marco-schank","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marco-schank","language":"en","name":"Marco Schank","name_en":"Marco Schank","name_ne":null,"description":"Luxembourgian politician","headline":"Luxembourgian politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Marco Schank (born 10 October 1954 in Ettelbruck) is a Luxembourgish politician for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and author.  He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the North constituency, from 1999 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2020.","summary_more":["He was the mayor of Heiderscheid from 1994 to 2009, and has been the mayor of Esch-sur-Sûre, into which Heiderscheid was merged in 2011, since 2017. Prior to that, he was a councillor in Heinerscheid (1982–1993).","Schank is the President of the Upper Sûre Natural Park, and was President of the National Tourism Office from 2000 to 2009. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Johannes Hahn, Peter Mehlbye, Marco Schank 2013 (cropped).jpg — Jean-Christophe Verhaegen - European Commission Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Marco Schank\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/marco-schank. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T13:59:50Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/marco-schank","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/marco-schank","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/marco-schank?lang=ne"}}