Jean-Baptiste Auguste Liesch (18 August 1874 – 13 March 1949) was a

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 lan ...

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liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

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 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 ...

from 28 September 1918 to 15 April 1921. A member of the Liberal League, Liesch resigned from the government along with

Michel Welter Dr. Michel Welter (21 March 1859, Heiderscheid – 22 April 1924) was a Luxembourgian politician, and former leader of the Socialist Party. A member of Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies, he served as the Director-General for Agriculture, Commerce, ...

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

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, 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 situated at a strategic point at the end of the French M ...

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* Ministers for Justice of Luxembourg Ministers for Public Works of Luxembourg Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) Members of the Council of State of Luxembourg Liberal League (Luxembourg) politicians Luxembourgian writers 1874 births 1949 deaths People from Mondorf-les-Bains 20th-century Luxembourgian politicians {{Luxembourg-politician-stub