1954 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1954 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Years in Luxembourg:	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte
Prime Minister	Joseph Bech
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

• The 1954 World Fencing Championships are held in Luxembourg City.

January – March

• 1 January – D'Lëtzebuerger Land is launched as an independent weekly newspaper.

April – June

• 20 May – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party gains 5 seats, while the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party lose two each.
• 29 June The Bech-Bodson Ministry is expanded, with Pierre Werner, Émile Colling, and Paul Wilwertz appointed to the government.[1]

Births

• 2 February – Jean Colombera, politician
• 7 February – Roger Negri, politician
• 17 February – Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
• 23 February – Frank Hoffmann, film director
• 26 February – Georges Pierret, jurist and member of the Council of State
• 7 March – Lydie Lorang, judge and member of the Council of State[2]
• 23 March – Agnès Rausch, member of the Council of State
• 3 April – Anne-Marie, Princess of Ligne
• 10 April – Viviane Loschetter, politician
• 13 April – Guy Arendt, jurist and politician
• 27 April – René Clesse, journalist
• 10 June – Jean-Claude Reding, trade unionist
• 22 July – Nico Edon, jurist and member of the Council of State[2]
• 2 August – Walter Civitareale, composer
• 13 September – Ali Ruckert, politician and journalist
• 26 October – Raymond Petit, artist
• 17 November – Max Kohn, artist
• 27 November – Jean Sorrente, writer
• 9 December – Jean-Claude Juncker, politician and Prime Minister
• 22 December – Romain Hilgert, journalist
• 31 December – Georges Wivenes, judge and member of the Council of State[2]
• Marc Jaeger, judge

Deaths

• 3 March – Léon Metzler, jurist and politician
• 3 April – Paul de Pidoll, illustrator
• 29 April – Joseph Duhr, writer
• 15 May – Norbert Jacques, screenwriter
• 31 July – Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria
• 3 August – Jean Curot, sculptor

Footnotes

1. Thewes (2006), p. 140
2. "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.