1958 in Luxembourg explained

The following lists events that happened during 1958 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte^[1]
Prime Minister	Joseph Bech (29 March) Pierre Frieden (from 29 March)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

January – March

• 20 January – Michel Rasquin resigns from the government to become Luxembourg's member of the inaugural European Commission, with responsibility for Transport.^[2]
• 1 February – Joseph Frieden replaces Joseph Bech as Prime Minister. He forms a new government, renewing the Christian Social People's Party's coalition with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.
• 3 February – Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands sign a treaty creating the Benelux Economic Union.
• 16 March – Representing Luxembourg, Solange Berry finishes ninth (and joint-last) in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song Un grand amour.

April – June

• 27 April – Luxembourg's European Commissioner, Michel Rasquin, dies.
• 18 June – Lambert Schaus is appointed to the European Commission, with responsibility for Transport, replacing Michel Rasquin, who died in April.

July – September

• 10 July – Luxembourg signs a convention with the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on the construction of the Vianden Pumped Storage Plant.^[3]
• 19 July – Charly Gaul wins the 1958 Tour de France.
• 12 August – Louis Hencks is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Albert Wagner, who resigned in July.^[4]

October – December

• 31 December – Alfred Loesch resigns from the Council of State.

Births

• 17 May – Pol Schmoetten, playwright
• 2 June – Camille Gira, politician
• 22 August – Sylvie Andrich-Duval, politician
• 28 September – François Biltgen, politician
• 3 October – Alex Bodry, politician

Deaths

• 27 April – Michel Rasquin, politician and European Commissioner
• 27 December - Batty Fischer, amateur photographer

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. 140
3. Thewes (2006), p. 150
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 .