1959 in Luxembourg

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Luxembourg |

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
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Decades:|

* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s

See also:|

* History of Luxembourg
* List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

## Incumbents

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Position  | Incumbent

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Grand Duke | Charlotte[1]
Prime Minister | Pierre Frieden (until 23 February)
Pierre Werner (from 2 March)
Deputy Prime Minister | Eugène Schaus (post created on 2 March)
President of the Chamber of Deputies | Émile Reuter
Joseph Bech
President of the Council of State | Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City | Émile Hamilius

## Events

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### January – March

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* 1 February – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party loses 5 seats, while the Democratic Party gains five.
* 23 February – Prime Minister Pierre Frieden dies in Zürich, twenty-two days after winning re-election.
* 2 March – Pierre Werner becomes Prime Minister, seven days after the death of his Christian Social People's Party colleague Pierre Frieden. He forms a new government in coalition with the Democratic Party, with Eugène Schaus in the new office as Deputy Prime Minister.
* 11 March – Luxembourg misses the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time: the only time before the country's withdrawal from the contest since 1993.

### April – June

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* 7 June – Charly Gaul wins the 1959 Giro d'Italia.

### July – September

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* 4 August – Nicolas Margue is appointed to the Council of State.[2]

### October – December

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* 30 December – Paul Wilwertz is re-appointed to the Council of State, having previously been a member from 1945 to 1954.[2]

## Births

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* 12 April – Andy Bausch, film director
* 18 May – Ranga Yogeshwar, scientist
* 8 October – Claude Michely, cyclist
* 28 December – Antoine, Prince of Ligne

## Deaths

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* 23 February – Pierre Frieden, politician and Prime Minister
* 2 December – Leo Müller, politician and journalist

## Footnotes

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

## References

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* 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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