1950 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 January – March 2.2 April – June 2.3 July – September 2.4 October – December 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Footnotes 6 References

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte
Prime Minister	Pierre Dupong
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Léon Kauffman
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

• Unknown – Goodyear tyre factory is opened at Colmar-Berg.

January – March

April – June

• 25 June – The Korean War begins. Luxembourg pledges its support to the United Nations.

July – September

• 17 August – Princess Alix marries Antoine Maria Joachim Lamoral, 14th Prince of Ligne.
• 2 September – François Simon replaces Aloyse Hentgen as Minister for Economic Affairs and Agriculture.

October – December

• 2 October – The first of Luxembourg's volunteer soldiers departs for the Korean War.^[1]
• 23 October – Wirtgen Ferdinand is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]

Births

• 22 January – Marie-Josée Jacobs, politician
• 7 March – Mill Majerus, politician
• 7 March – Victor Rod, member of the Council of State
• 21 April – Pierre Mores, member of the Council of State
• 26 April – Jeannot Krecké, politician
• 19 May – Anne Brasseur, politician
• 15 June – Jup Weber, politician
• 29 June – Gaby Geimer, biologist
• 29 June – Gaston Gibéryen, politician
• 13 July – Georges Wohlfart, politician
• 16 July – Henri Grethen, politician
• 5 August – Lucien Didier, cyclist
• 6 October – Romain Durlet, journalist and politician
• 11 October – Mady Delvaux-Stehres, politician
• 26 October – Nico Braun, footballer
• 19 December – Jean Portante, writer
• 29 December – Raymond Reuter, photographer

Deaths

• 1 February – Pierre Prüm, politician and Prime Minister
• 19 February – Joseph Tockert, linguist
• 4 April – Gustave Jacquemart, politician

Footnotes

References

• (French) Thewes, Guy (2006) (PDF). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/gouvernement/gouvernements_depuis_1848/Les_gouv_2006.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2009.