1954 in Luxembourg explained

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

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte^[1]
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.^[2]

Births

2 February – Jean Colombera, politician
17 February – Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
7 March – Lydie Lorang, judge and member of the Council of State^[3]
2 August – Walter Civitareale, composer
26 October – Raymond Petit, artist
17 November – Max Kohn, artist
9 December – Jean-Claude Juncker, politician and Prime Minister
Marc Jaeger, judge

Deaths

3 March – Léon Metzler, jurist and politician
15 May – Norbert Jacques, screenwriter
31 July – Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria

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

Web site: Charlotte grand duchess of Luxembourg Britannica . www.britannica.com . 10 December 2022 . en.
Thewes (2006), p. 140
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 .