1954 in Luxembourg

← 1953 1952 1951 1954 in Luxembourg → 1955 1956 1957
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1954 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte [1]
Prime Minister	Joseph Bech
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

• The 1954 World Fencing Championships are held in Luxembourg City.

January – March

• 1 January – D'Lëtzebuerger Land is launched as an independent weekly newspaper.

April – June

• 20 May – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party gains 5 seats, while the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party lose two each.
• 29 June The Bech-Bodson Ministry is expanded, with Pierre Werner, Émile Colling, and Paul Wilwertz appointed to the government. ^[2]

Births

• 2 February – Jean Colombera, politician
• 17 February – Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
• 7 March – Lydie Lorang, judge and member of the Council of State ^[3]
• 2 August – Walter Civitareale, composer
• 26 October – Raymond Petit, artist
• 17 November – Max Kohn, artist
• 9 December – Jean-Claude Juncker, politician and Prime Minister
• Marc Jaeger, judge

Deaths

• 3 March – Léon Metzler, jurist and politician
• 15 May – Norbert Jacques, screenwriter
• 31 July – Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria

Footnotes

1. "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
2. Thewes (2006), p. 140
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.