title: 1959 in Luxembourg
text: # 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.
  