Minister For Public Works Of Luxembourg

	Minister For Public Works Of Luxembourg The Minister for Public Works (french: Ministre des Travaux publics) was a position in the Luxembourgian cabinet. It was replaced by the position of Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure on 23 June 2009, having previously existed since the first cabinet of Luxembourg, back in 1848, with the exception of some intermittent spells in the nineteenth century. From 24 March 1936, the title of ''Minister for Public Works'' was an official one, although the position had been unofficially known by that name since its creation. From the position's creation until 28 November 1857, the Minister went by the title of ''Administrator-General''. From 1857 until 1936, the Minister went by the title of ''Director-General''. List of Ministers for Public Works ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/08/1848 till:23/07/2009 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French and German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, French and German are also used in administrative and judicial matters and all three are considered administrative languages of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Victor Thorn Victor Thorn (31 January 1844 – 15 September 1930) was a Luxembourg politician. He was the 11th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for one year, from 24 February 1916 until 19 June 1917. From 1885 to 1888 he was a member of the Council of State. From 1888 to 1892 he was Director-General (Minister) for Public Works in the Eyschen Ministry. In 1899 he became a ''Procureur général''. In 1915 he was Minister for Justice and Public Works in the Mongenast Ministry. In 1916 the Loutsch Ministry, which had succeeded the Mongenast government, was forced to resign, having lost a confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies. A month later, Victor Thorn formed a new government, in which the three major parties were represented. The main problem was to resolve the supply problems in the country, which had grown more and more severe due to the war. The government rationed foodstuffs, and put a cap on prices, which, however, resulted in a black market and led to tensions between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Guillaume Leidenbach Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War espionage scandal that led to the resignation of West German Chancellor Willi Brandt * Saint-Guillaume (other) * Guillaumes Guillaumes (; oc, Guilherme; it, Guglielmi) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860 as ''Guglielmi''. The Valberg ski resort is, in part, located on this ... , a French commune {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Émile Reuter Émile Reuter (2 August 1874 – 14 February 1973)Thewes, Guy"Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché depuis 1848."Service information et presse. Luxembourg: Imprimerie Centrale, 2011. was a Luxembourgish politician. He was the 13th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for six years, from 28 June 1918 until 20 March 1925. After finishing school in 1893 at the Athénée de Luxembourg, Émile Reuter studied law in Strasbourg, Nancy and Paris from 1894 to 1898 and then registered at the bar in Luxembourg. In 1903 he became president of the ''Association populaire catholique'' and in 1911 was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. In 1914 he was a founding member of the Party of the Right. Shortly before the end of World War I, on 28 September 1918 Reuter became prime minister and Director-General (Minister) for Foreign Affairs and the Interior. In 1925 there was a crisis in the government when the Chamber rejected the government's proposals to amalgamate the railway companies Guillaume-Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Liberal League (Luxembourg) The Liberal League ( lb, Liberal Liga, french: Ligue Libérale, german: Liberale Liga) was a political party in Luxembourg between 1904 and 1925. It was the indirect predecessor of the Democratic Party (DP), which has been one of the three major parties in Luxembourg since the Second World War. For the first decade of its existence, the Liberal League maintained the liberal dominance under Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Prime Minister Paul Eyschen. In 1908, they formed an alliance with the Socialist Party (Luxembourg), Socialists, leading to confrontations with the Party of the Right (Luxembourg), Party of the Right over secularism. During the World War I, First World War, the party lost much of its advantage, and was replaced as the dominant party by the Party of the Right. In the early 1920s, riven by rivalries between its classical liberalism, classical liberal and Progressivism, progressive wings, the party collapsed. Foundation The liberalism, liberal Liberal League was foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Auguste Liesch Jean-Baptiste Auguste Liesch (18 August 1874 – 13 March 1949) was a Luxembourgish liberal politician, writer, and civil servant. He held the positions of Director-General for Justice and Director-General for Public Works in the government of Émile Reuter from 28 September 1918 to 15 April 1921. A member of the Liberal League, Liesch resigned from the government along with Michel Welter in 1921 in order to hold to account the majority Party of the Right. After his departure from the government, he served as the Inspector-General for Customs and Assizes until 1939. On 23 January 1937, he was appointed to the Council of State of Luxembourg, in which he sat until 16 November 1945 (although only nominally for most of that period, due to the German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II The German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II began in May 1940 after the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was invaded by Nazi Germany. Although Luxembourg was officially neutral, it was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Léon Kauffman Léon Kauffman (16 August 1869 – 25 March 1952)Thewes (2011), p. 75 was a Luxembourgish politician. He was the 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for one year, from 18 June 1917 until 28 September 1918. After studying law, in 1893 Kauffman was appointed an ''Attaché'' of the ''Parquet Général'', and then was a justice of the peace in Echternach from 1898 to 1900. Then he was a senior civil servant from 1902 to 1910. In 1910 he became director of the tax administration and president of the ''Assurances sociales''. In 1916 he became Director-General (Minister) of Finance, until 1918. In 1917 there was a crisis within the Thorn Ministry, as the Chamber of Deputies had withdrawn confidence from agriculture minister Michel Welter.Thewes (2011), p. 69 On 19 June 1917 Kauffman put together a Right-Liberal government, in which he was prime minister, as well as the Foreign and Finance Minister.Thewes (2011), p. 72 Under this government, changes to the constitution were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Antoine Lefort Antoine Lefort-Mousel (1879 – 1928)Mersch (1971), p. 212 was a Luxembourgish politician and diplomat. A member of Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies for the Party of the Right, he served as the Director-General for Public Works from 24 February 1916 until 28 September 1918. Later, he served as a diplomat, including as chargé d'affaires in Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel .... Footnotes References * Ministers for Public Works of Luxembourg Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) Members of the Council of State of Luxembourg Party of the Right (Luxembourg) politicians Luxembourgian people of World War I Luxembourgian diplomats 1879 births 1928 deaths {{Luxembourg-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hubert Loutsch Hubert Loutsch (18 November 1878 – 24 October 1946) was a Luxembourgish politician. He was the tenth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for 16 weeks from 6 November 1915 until 24 February 1916. Loutsch was a lawyer by profession. On 6 November 1915 he was appointed prime minister, and Director-General (Minister) for Foreign Affairs. The Loutsch Ministry consisted only of members of the Right Party, but the Left had a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Thereafter, Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde dissolved the legislature and ordered new elections to be held on 23 December 1915. The new Chamber, however, also did not give the Right Party a majority. On 11 January 1916 the Loutsch government lost a confidence vote, and Loutsch was succeeded by Victor Thorn Victor Thorn (31 January 1844 – 15 September 1930) was a Luxembourg politician. He was the 11th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for one year, from 24 February 1916 until 19 June 1917. From 1885 to 1888 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Party Of The Right (Luxembourg) The Party of the Right ( lb, Rietspartei, french: Parti de la droite, german: Rechtspartei), abbreviated to PD, was a political party in Luxembourg between 1914 and 1944. It was the direct predecessor of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which has ruled Luxembourg for all but twelve years since. Foundation The conservative PD was founded on 16 January 1914.Blau (2000). p. 27 Present at the founding were Émile Reuter, Émile Prüm, Mgr. Schiltz, Albert Philippe, Pierre Dupong, Joseph Bech and Mgr. Jean Origer. The founding of the party in 1914 was a reaction to the formalisation of the other ideological alliances within the Chamber of Deputies. The Socialist Party formed in 1902, whilst the dominant Liberal League was founded in 1904. The party's foundation also took part in a climate of ''Kulturkampf''. When the Education Law of 1912 was passed by a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, several right-wing figures became convinced that it was necessary to organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Guillaume Soisson Guillaume Soisson (18 November 1866 – 27 August 1938) was a Luxembourgian engineer and politician for the Party of the Right. A conservative, Soisson entered the cabinet of Hubert Loutsch in 1915 as the Director-General for Public Works and Director-General of Agriculture. He resigned, along with the Prime Minister, on 24 February 1916. He entered the cabinet for the second time, under Émile Reuter, as the Director-General for Public Works: replacing Guillaume Leidenbach Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War espi ..., who had resigned on 14 April 1923. Footnotes , - Ministers for Public Works of Luxembourg Government ministers of Luxembourg Party of the Right (Luxembourg) politicians Luxembourgian engineers Luxembourgian educators 1866 births 1938 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mathias Mongenast Mathias Mongenast (12 July 1843 – 10 January 1926) was a Luxembourgish politician. He was the ninth Prime Minister of Luxembourg german: Premierminister von Luxemburg , insignia = Lesser CoA luxembourg.svg , insigniasize = 100px , insigniacaption = Lesser coat of arms of Luxembourg , insigniaalt = , flag ..., serving for twenty-five days, from 12 October 1915 until 6 November 1915. He was Director-General (Minister) of Finance from October 1882 to November 1915. See also * Mongenast Ministry , - , - , - Ministers for Finances of Luxembourg Prime Ministers of Luxembourg Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg Presidents of the Council of State of Luxembourg Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) Members of the Council of State of Luxembourg Luxembourgian jurists Luxembourgian people of World War I 1843 births 1926 deaths People from Diekirch 19th-century Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]