1952 in Luxembourg explained

The following lists events that happened during 1952 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 (until 14 February) Félix Welter (from 14 February)
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

See main article: 1952.

2 May – Hubert Clement is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
27 May – Luxembourg is one of six signatories of the Treaty of Paris, which was to create the European Defence Community.^[3]
12 June – A law is reforming the organisation of the Luxembourg Army is passed.

23 July – The foreign ministers of the six European Coal and Steel Community meet in Paris to decide on the seat of the organisation's headquarters. At Joseph Bech's proposal, Luxembourg City is chosen as the provisional working seat.^[4]
26 July – At the 1952 Summer Olympics, Josy Barthel wins the men's 1,500m in a new Olympic record time: to date, the only time an athlete has won a gold medal for Luxembourg at the Olympics.
10 August – The High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community holds its first meeting, at Luxembourg City Hall.

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.

Web site: Charlotte grand duchess of Luxembourg Britannica . www.britannica.com . 10 December 2022 . en.
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 .
Thewes (2006), p. 137
Thewes (2006), p. 136