1958 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
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Years:	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961

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	Joseph Bech (29 March) Pierre Frieden (from 29 March)
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

• 20 January – Michel Rasquin resigns from the government to become Luxembourg's member of the inaugural European Commission, with responsibility for Transport.^[1]
• 1 February – Joseph Frieden replaces Joseph Bech as Prime Minister. He forms a new government, renewing the Christian Social People's Party's coalition with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.
• 3 February – Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands sign a treaty creating the Benelux Economic Union.
• 16 March – Representing Luxembourg, Solange Berry finishes ninth (and joint-last) in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song Un grand amour.

April – June

• 27 April – Luxembourg's European Commissioner, Michel Rasquin, dies.
• 18 June – Lambert Schaus is appointed to the European Commission, with responsibility for Transport, replacing Michel Rasquin, who died in April.

July – September

• 10 July – Luxembourg signs a convention with the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on the construction of a pumping station near Vianden.^[2]
• 19 July – Charly Gaul wins the 1958 Tour de France.
• 12 August – Louis Hencks is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Albert Wagner, who resigned in July.^[3]

October – December

• 31 December – Alfred Loesch resigns from the Council of State.^[3]

Births

• 28 January – Jay Schiltz, journalist
• 16 March – Marco Pütz, musician
• 17 May – Pol Schmoetten, playwright
• 2 June – Camille Gira, politician
• 18 August – Anita, Princess of Hohenberg
• 22 August – Sylvie Andrich-Duval, politician
• 28 September – François Biltgen, politician
• 3 October – Alex Bodry, politician

Deaths

• 27 April – Michel Rasquin, politician and European Commissioner
• 7 August – Camille Wampach, historian
• 27 December - Batty Fischer, amateur photographer

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.