1950 in Luxembourg

Decades:	1930s ; 1940s ; 1950s ; 1960s ; 1970s ;
See also:	History of Luxembourg ; List of years in Luxembourg ;

Last updated April 10, 2023

The following lists events that happened during 1950 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

Unknown – Goodyear tyre factory is opened at Colmar-Berg.

January – March

April – June

25 June – The Korean War begins. Luxembourg pledges its support to the United Nations. Soldiers from Luxembourg will form a platoon of A Company, Belgian United Nations Command.

July – September

17 August – Princess Alix marries Antoine Maria Joachim Lamoral, 14th Prince of Ligne.
2 September – François Simon replaces Aloyse Hentgen as Minister for Economic Affairs and Agriculture.

October – December

2 October – The first of Luxembourg's volunteer soldiers departs for the Korean War.^[2]
23 October – Wirtgen Ferdinand is appointed to the Council of State.^[3]

Births

22 January – Marie-Josée Jacobs, politician
21 April – Pierre Mores, member of the Council of State
26 April – Jeannot Krecké, politician
19 May – Anne Brasseur, politician
15 June – Jup Weber, politician
29 June – Gaston Gibéryen, politician
13 July – Georges Wohlfart, politician
16 July – Henri Grethen, politician
5 August – Lucien Didier, cyclist
11 October – Mady Delvaux-Stehres, politician
26 October – Nico Braun, footballer
19 December – Jean Portante, writer

Deaths

1 February – Pierre Prüm, politician and Prime Minister

Footnotes

↑ "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 133
↑ "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

[Membres_depuis_1857-3] "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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