1959 in Luxembourg
# 1959 in Luxembourg

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

## Incumbents

| Position | Incumbent |
| - | - |
| Grand Duke | Charlotte |
| 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

### January – March

* 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

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

### July – September

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

### October – December

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

## Births

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

## Deaths

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

## Footnotes

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