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Tom Weidig
Luxembourgish politician (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tom Weidig (born 9 December 1972) is a Luxembourgish politician.[1] He has served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Centre since 2023, as a representative of the right-wing Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR).[1]
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Weidig was born and brought up in Esch-sur-Alzette.[2] His parents were from Grevenmacher.[2] As a teenager, he represented Luxembourg at the World Junior Chess Championship.[2] He graduated from Imperial College London in 1996 with a Master of Science degree in Theoretical Physics, and earned his doctorate from Durham University in 1999.[1] He was then a postdoc at UMIST, and in 2001 a visiting scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He later worked in the finance and venture capital industries.[2] He supports the promotion of the Luxembourgish language.[3]
In February 2025, Weidig received a written warning from his party after he liked a Facebook comment that was described as being anti-LGBTQ+.[4] He issued an apology, but also insisted his actions had been misunderstood.[4]
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Weidig, who developed a stutter in early childhood, has a strong interest in the science behind stuttering.[5] He was a board member of the British Stammering Association from 1995 to 1999.[1]
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