1953 in Luxembourg

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

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Footnotes
6 References

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte
Prime Minister	Pierre Dupong (until 29 December) Joseph Bech (from 29 December)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

January – March

April – June

9 April – Hereditary Grand Duke Jean marries Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium.^[1]
1 May – First iron cast by the European Coal and Steel Community at Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette.^[1]
12 May – Albert Goldmann is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
12 May – Léon Schaus is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
24 June – Law passed to build a hydroelectric dam at Esch-sur-Sûre, which would create the Upper Sauer Lake.^[1]

July – September

October – December

29 December – Prime Minister Pierre Dupong dies in office. He is replaced by Christian Social People's Party colleague Joseph Bech, who leads the Bech-Bodson Ministry.^[3]

Births

1 February – Roland Schauls, painter
5 March – Robert Weber, politician and trade unionist
13 March – François Valentiny, architect
18 April – Marc Theis, photographer
27 April – Simone Beissel, politician
1 July – Nico Helminger, writer
3 July – Carlo Wagner, politician
30 July – Nico Ries, soldier and Chief of Defence
24 September – Carlo Hommel, musician
29 November - Mariette Kemmer, opera singer
10 December – Nicolas Schmit, politician
13 December – André Jung, actor

Deaths

30 May – Jean-Pierre Pierrard, politician
14 September – Edouard Luja, biologist
4 October – Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland
22 October – Helen Buchholtz, composer
1 December – Aloyse Hentgen, resistance leader
17 December – Nicolas Petit, architect
29 December – Pierre Dupong, politician and Prime Minister

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c Thewes (2006), p. 139
^ ^a ^b (French) "Membres depuis 1857". Council of State. http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
^ Thewes (2006), p. 140

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.