Hubert Loutsch (18 November 1878 – 24 October 1946) was a

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ...

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. He was the tenth

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, 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 was a member of the Council ...

on 24 February 1916. From 1920 to 1934 he was president of the insurance company ''La Luxembourgeoise''. From 1925 to 1934 he was a Deputy in the Chamber for the ''Union nationale indépendante''. He died in 1946 in Brussels.

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