1947 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 20 January – Pierre Krier dies, precipitating a crisis in the National Union Government.
• 12 February – The National Union Government tenders its resignation.
• 1 March – A centre-right government is formed between the Christian Social People's Party and the Democratic Group under incumbent Prime Minister Pierre Dupong.

April – June

• 16 April – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is founded, with Luxembourg as one of the sixteen founding members.
• 16 April – The government commits itself to seeking 11.1bn francs in war reparations.
• 28 April – Eugène Rodenbourg is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Jacques Delahaye and Robert Als.
• 16 June – A law is passed granting Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois management of the national railway network for 99 years.

October – December

• 20 October – A law is passed conferring family welfare benefits on all employees.

Births

• 31 August – Guy Rewenig, writer
• 19 September Roger Gilson, cyclist
• 20 December – Georges Schroeder, member of the Council of State

Deaths

• 4 March – Pierre Krier, politician
• 13 June – Frantz Funck-Brentano, historian
• 22 August – Aline de Saint-Hubert, philanthropist

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