Claim: Mario Hirsch (born 6 April 1949 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian political scientist and journalist receiving his PhD at Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques and when Luxembourg held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 1997  Hirsch worked with Miguel Angel Moratinos, the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, as the president's liaison officer.
Evidence: Mario Hirsch (born 6 April 1949 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian political scientist and journalist. Hirsch received his PhD at Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. Luxembourg held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 1997, and Hirsch worked with Miguel Angel Moratinos, the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, as the presidency's liaison officer.