Émile Servais
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Émile Servais (26 September 1847 – 24 October 1928) was a Luxembourgian communist politician and revolutionary. He was an engineer by profession.
On 9 January 1919, a company of the Luxembourgian army revolted against the Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde, and declared itself to be the army of a new socialist republic.[1] The seventy-two year old Servais was chosen by an eight-member 'Committee for Public Safety' as the new head of the revolutionary government, under the title of 'Chairman'.[2] President of the Chamber of Deputies François Altwies requested that French soldiers intervene, and, eager to end what they considered to be a pro-Belgian uprising,[3] France ended the rebellion and deposed Servais.[4]
He was the son of former Prime Minister Emmanuel Servais. In 1877, Émile was awarded the Order of the Oak Crown.[5]
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- (French) Kreins, Jean-Marie (2003). Histoire du Luxembourg, 3rd edition, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 978-21-3053-852-3.
- (French) Mersch, Jules (1947). Les familles Servais (JPEG), Luxembourg City: Victor Buck. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
- (French) Thewes, Guy (July 2003). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF), Édition limitée, Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 2-87999-118-8. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
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