death_date death_place birth_place nationality office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
25 june 1928 esch-sur-alzette berbourg luxembourgish member of the chamber of deputies for esch-sur-alzette 1 november 1842 1875 léon metz
 1918 jean-antoine auguste metz entrepreneur -lrb- steel -rrb-
léon metz

charles-léon metz -lrb- 1 november 1842 -- 25 june 1928 -rrb- was a luxembourgish politician and industrialist .
he was a member of the chamber of deputies for forty-three years -lrb- 1875 -- 1918 -rrb- , and served as mayor of esch-sur-alzette from 1906 to 1909 .
the son of auguste metz and petronille laeis , he was a member of the prominent metz family , and he entered the family business of metallurgy .
he was first elected to the communal council of esch-sur-alzette in 1873 , and served for four years before becoming an '' échevin '' on 16 january 1877 .
he was also elected to the national chamber of deputies as a liberal on 14 october 1875 , representing esch-sur-alzette .
although a liberal , he was a traditionalist , a practising catholic , and had close ties to the religious establishment in esch .
metz was named mayor of esch on 22 october 1906 , which was renewed on 28 december 1908 .
during his tenure as mayor , the most important decision was the commune 's purchase of the forest of esch , and its replacement with new steel mills , in the district of belval .
although metz won re-election in the 1909 communal elections , he decided to resign on 28 november 1909 , having served three years as mayor .
metz lost in his bid to be reelected to the chamber of deputies in the 1918 election , and withdrew from public life .
he died on 25 june 1928 .
