Pierre Mellina | |
Office: | 19th Mayor of Pétange |
Termstart: | 2004-2023 Acting: 2004-2004 |
Predecessor: | Jean-Marie Halsdorf |
Successor: | Jean-Marie Halsdorf |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1957 |
Birth Place: | Pétange |
Party: | Christian Social People's Party |
Pierre Mellina (born 25 February 1957)[1] is a Luxembourgish politician and retired track and field athlete.
He was the Mayor of Pétange, a commune in the far south-west of the country, standing for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). He was previously a member of the communal council (1994 – 99) and an échevin (2000 – 04) in Pétange.
In the early 1980s, Mellina was one of Luxembourg's foremost long-distance runners, winning the Luxembourgian national championships in the 5,000 (1981, 1982) and the 10,000 metres (1982).[2] He won the Eurocross cross country competition in Diekirch in 1981.[3]