| 释义 |
- Incumbents
- Events January – March April – June July – September October – December
- Births
- Deaths
- Footnotes
- References
{{yearbox
| in? = in Luxembourg
| cp = 19th Century
| c = 20th century
| cf = 21st century
| yp1 = 1956
| yp2 = 1957
| yp3 = 1958
| year = 1959
| ya1 = 1960
| ya2 = 1961
| ya3 = 1962
| dp3 = 1920s
| dp2 = 1930s
| dp1 = 1940s
| d = 1950s
| dn1 = 1960s
| dn2 = 1970s
| dn3 = 1980s
}}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 |
EventsJanuary – 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.[1]
October – December- 30 December – Paul Wilwertz is re-appointed to the Council of State, having previously been a member from 1945 to 1954.[1]
Births- 12 April – Andy Bausch, film director
- 18 May – {{ill|Ranga Yogeshwar|de}}, scientist
- 28 September – Michel Margue, historian
- 30 September – {{ill|Fernand Kartheiser|de}}, politician
- 8 October – {{ill|Claude Michely|de}}, cyclist
- 12 December – Patrick Hastert, actor
- 28 December – Antoine, Prince of Ligne
Deaths- 23 February – Pierre Frieden, politician and Prime Minister
- 7 June – Victor Prost, politician
- 22 July – Robert Bruch, linguist
- 24 September – Jean Schaack, painter
- 26 September – Ernest Hamelius, politician and banker
- 4 October – Romain Nati, Councillor of State
- 2 December – Leo Müller, politician and journalist
- 4 December – Jean-Pierre Ries, clergyman
Footnotes1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html |title=Membres depuis 1857 |accessdate=2009-04-05 |publisher=Council of State |language=fr |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103102814/http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html |archivedate=2009-11-03 |df= }}
References- {{cite book | last=Thewes | first=Guy | title=Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 | url=http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/gouvernement/gouvernements_depuis_1848/Les_gouv_2006.pdf | format=PDF | accessdate=12 December 2009 | edition=2006 | year=2006 | publisher=Service Information et Presse | location=Luxembourg City | isbn=978-2-87999-156-6 |language=fr}}
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