Pierre Grégoire

Pierre Grégoire (9 November 1907 – 8 April 1991) was a Luxembourgish politician in the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), journalist, and writer. Before turning to politics full-time, he wrote for the Luxemburger Wort newspaper.

Before World War II, he organised the development of the CSV's precursor, the Party of the Right, along with Jean Baptiste Esch. He was a CSV Deputy from 1946 onwards, and was the party's secretary-general from 1952 to 1960. He was a member of the Council of Europe from 1956.

He also held several government posts: he was the minister for the Interior, Religion, Arts and Sciences and Transport from 1959 to 1964, then became minister for Cultural Affairs, Education and the Civil Service from 1964 onwards. From 1969 to 1974 he was the president of the Chamber of Deputies.

Political offices
Preceded by
Victor Bodson		 Minister for Transport
1959 – 1964 		Succeeded by
Albert Bousser
Preceded by
Marcel Fischbach		 Minister for Defence
1967 – 1969 		Succeeded by
Eugène Schaus
Preceded by
Pierre Werner		 Minister for Foreign Affairs
1967 – 1969 		Succeeded by
Gaston Thorn
Preceded by
Giuseppe Medici		 President of the Council of the EU
First half 1969 		Succeeded by
Joseph Luns
Preceded by
Romain Fandel		 President of the Chamber of Deputies
1969 – 1974 		Succeeded by
Antoine Wehenkel
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