1947 in Luxembourg explained

The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte^[1]
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

January – March

• 20 January – Pierre Krier dies, precipitating a crisis in the National Union Government.^[2]
• 12 February – The National Union Government tenders its resignation.
• 1 March – A centre-right government is formed between the Christian Social People's Party and the Democratic Group under incumbent Prime Minister Pierre Dupong.

April – June

• 16 April – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is founded, with Luxembourg as one of the sixteen founding members.^[3]
• 16 April – The government commits itself to seeking 11.1bn francs in war reparations.
• 28 April – Eugène Rodenbourg is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Jacques Delahaye and Robert Als.^[4]
• 16 June – A law is passed granting Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois management of the national railway network for 99 years.^[5]

October – December

• 20 October – A law is passed conferring family welfare benefits on all employees.^[3]

Births

• 31 August – Guy Rewenig, writer
• 19 September Roger Gilson, cyclist
• 20 December – Georges Schroeder, member of the Council of State

Deaths

• 4 March – Pierre Krier, politician
• 13 June – Frantz Funck-Brentano, historian
• 22 August – Aline de Saint-Hubert, philanthropist

References

• Book: Thewes, Guy . Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 . PDF . 12 December 2009 . 2006 . 2006 . Service Information et Presse . Luxembourg City . 978-2-87999-156-6 . fr.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charlotte grand duchess of Luxembourg Britannica . www.britannica.com . 10 December 2022 . en.
2. Thewes (2006), p. 126
3. Thewes (2006), p. 131
4. Web site: Membres depuis 1857 . 2009-04-05 . Council of State . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091103102814/http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html . 2009-11-03 .
5. Thewes (2006), p. 133