1954 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte
Prime Minister	Joseph Bech
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

The 1954 World Fencing Championships are held in Luxembourg City.

January – March

1 January – D'Lëtzebuerger Land is launched as an independent weekly newspaper.

April – June

20 May – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party gains 5 seats, while the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party lose two each.
29 June The Bech-Bodson Ministry is expanded, with Pierre Werner, Émile Colling, and Paul Wilwertz appointed to the government.^[1]

Births

2 February – Jean Colombera, politician
7 February – Roger Negri, politician
17 February – Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
23 February – Frank Hoffmann, film director
26 February – Georges Pierret, jurist and member of the Council of State
7 March – Lydie Lorang, judge and member of the Council of State^[2]
23 March – Agnès Rausch, member of the Council of State
3 April – Anne-Marie, Princess of Ligne
10 April – Viviane Loschetter, politician
13 April – Guy Arendt, jurist and politician
27 April – René Clesse, journalist
10 June – Jean-Claude Reding, trade unionist
22 July – Nico Edon, jurist and member of the Council of State^[2]
2 August – Walter Civitareale, composer
13 September – Ali Ruckert, politician and journalist
26 October – Raymond Petit, artist
17 November – Max Kohn, artist
27 November – Jean Sorrente, writer
9 December – Jean-Claude Juncker, politician and Prime Minister
22 December – Romain Hilgert, journalist
31 December – Georges Wivenes, judge and member of the Council of State^[2]
Marc Jaeger, judge

Deaths

3 March – Léon Metzler, jurist and politician
3 April – Paul de Pidoll, illustrator
29 April – Joseph Duhr, writer
15 May – Norbert Jacques, screenwriter
31 July – Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria
3 August – Jean Curot, sculptor

Footnotes

↑ Thewes (2006), p. 140
1 2 3 "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

References

Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

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