1948 in Luxembourg explained

The following lists events that happened during 1948 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

• 9 January – The Luxembourg Airlines Company is founded.
• 29 January – The first conference of Benelux foreign ministers is held, in Luxembourg City.^[2]
• 2 February – Luxembourg Airlines Company makes its first flight, from Luxembourg – Findel to Paris – Le Bourget.
• 17 March – Luxembourg signs the Treaty of Brussels.^[3]

April – June

• 3 April – The Obermosel-Zeitung and l'Unio'n cease publication and are merged into the new Lëtzebuerger Journal.
• 5 April – The Lëtzebuerger Journal begins publication.
• 6 June – Partial elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies, resulting in gains for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party at the expense of the Christian Social People's Party

July – September

• 14 July – In the aftermath of the previous month's election, the government is reshuffled, with Nicolas Margue and Lambert Schaus replaced by Pierre Frieden and Aloyse Hentgen.
• 26 July – At the 1948 Summer Olympics, the Luxembourg national football team records its largest-ever victory, beating Afghanistan 6–0.
• 29 July – The 1948 Summer Olympics proper begin, with 45 competitors from Luxembourg. None wins a medal.
• 4 August – Émile Raus, Lambert Schaus, and André Origer are appointed to the Council of State, replacing Michel Rasquin and Pierre Frieden.^[4]

October – December

Births

• 30 January – Aly Jaerling, politician
• 7 May – Marc Agosta, athlete
• 19 November – Robert Biever, member of the Council of State

Deaths

• 8 November – Jean-Pierre Muller, cyclist

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. 133
3. Thewes (2006), p. 130
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 .