1947 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 20 January – Pierre Krier dies, precipitating a crisis in the National Union Government.^[1]
• 12 February – The National Union Government tenders its resignation.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 16 June – A law is passed granting Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois management of the national railway network for 99 years.^[4]

October – December

• 20 October – A law is passed conferring family welfare benefits on all employees.^[2]

Births

• 26 March – Jean Huss, politician
• 25 July – Lucien Clement, politician
• 31 August – Guy Rewenig, writer
• 11 September – Frank Wilhelm, literary critic
• 19 September Roger Gilson, cyclist
• 20 December – Georges Schroeder, member of the Council of State^[3]

Deaths

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

Footnotes

References

• Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 12 December 2009.