1948 in Luxembourg

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Last updated April 10, 2023

The following lists events that happened during 1948 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

9 January – The Luxembourg Airlines Company is founded.
29 January – The first conference of Benelux foreign ministers is held, in Luxembourg City.^[2]
2 February – Luxembourg Airlines Company makes its first flight, from Luxembourg – Findel to Paris – Le Bourget.
17 March – Luxembourg signs the Treaty of Brussels.^[3]

April – June

3 April – The Obermosel-Zeitung and l'Unio'n cease publication and are merged into the new Lëtzebuerger Journal .
5 April – The Lëtzebuerger Journal begins publication.
6 June – Partial elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies, resulting in gains for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party at the expense of the Christian Social People's Party

July – September

14 July – In the aftermath of the previous month's election, the government is reshuffled, with Nicolas Margue and Lambert Schaus replaced by Pierre Frieden and Aloyse Hentgen.
26 July – At the 1948 Summer Olympics, the Luxembourg national football team records its largest-ever victory, beating Afghanistan 6–0.
29 July – The 1948 Summer Olympics proper begin, with 45 competitors from Luxembourg. None wins a medal.
4 August – Émile Raus, Lambert Schaus, and André Origer are appointed to the Council of State, replacing Michel Rasquin and Pierre Frieden.^[4]

October – December

Births

30 January – Aly Jaerling, politician
7 May – Marc Agosta, athlete
19 November – Robert Biever, member of the Council of State^[4]

Deaths

8 November – Jean-Pierre Muller, cyclist

Footnotes

↑ "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 133
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 130
1 2 "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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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.

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[1] "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

[2] Thewes (2006), p. 133

[3] Thewes (2006), p. 130

[Membres_depuis_1857-4] 1 2 "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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