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

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.

April – June

25 June – The Korean War begins. Luxembourg pledges its support to the United Nations. Soldiers from Luxembourg will form a platoon of A Company, Belgian United Nations Command.

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

↑ Thewes (2006), p. 133
↑ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. 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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