The following lists events that happened during 1946 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Incumbents edit
| Position | Incumbent |
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| 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 |
Gaston Diderich (until 29 April) Émile Hamilius (from 29 April) |
Events edit
January – March edit
April – June edit
- 17 April – Luxembourg signs a convention with France and Belgium to place the Luxembourg railway network in the hands of the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, in which France and Belgium each take a 24.5% stake.[2]
- 29 April – The Mayor of Luxembourg City, Gaston Diderich, dies in office and is succeeded by Émile Hamilius.
- 14 May – Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois is founded.[3]
- 13 June – Charles Marx dies in a car crash. He was replaced in the government by Dominique Urbany eight days later.[4]
July – September edit
- 14 July – Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Luxembourg for two days.[3]
- 29 August – In a cabinet reshuffle, the independent Guillaume Konsbruck is replaced by the CSV's Lambert Schaus.[4]
October – December edit
- 28 November – Former Prime Minister Pierre Prüm is sentenced to four years in prison for collaboration with Nazi Germany.[5]
Births edit
- 6 January – Victor Gillen, member of the Council of State[6]
- 22 February – Marc Fischbach, politician
- 6 April – Mario Hirsch, journalist
- 7 April – Léon Krier, architect
- 4 December – Pierre Even, composer
Deaths edit
- 29 April – Gaston Diderich, politician
- 13 June – Charles Marx, politician
- 24 October – Hubert Loutsch, politician and former Prime Minister
Footnotes edit
- ^ "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 125
- ^ a b Thewes (2006), p. 127
- ^ a b Thewes (2006), p. 123
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 91
- ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
References edit
- 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.