1947 in Luxembourg

← 1946 1945 1944 1947 in Luxembourg → 1948 1949 1950
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1947 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

• 20 January – Pierre Krier dies, precipitating a crisis in the National Union Government. ^[2]
• 12 February – The National Union Government tenders its resignation. ^[2]
• 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. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]
• 16 June – A law is passed granting Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois management of the national railway network for 99 years. ^[5]

October – December

• 20 October – A law is passed conferring family welfare benefits on all employees. ^[3]

Births

• 31 August – Guy Rewenig, writer
• 19 September Roger Gilson, cyclist
• 20 December – Georges Schroeder, member of the Council of State ^[4]

Deaths

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

Footnotes

1. "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
2. Thewes (2006), p. 126
3. Thewes (2006), p. 131
4. "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
5. Thewes (2006), p. 133

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.