1950 in Luxembourg

← 1949 1948 1947 1950 in Luxembourg → 1951 1952 1953
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

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.

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

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

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.