Pierre Grégoire
Pierre Grégoire (9 November 1907 – 8 April 1991) was a Luxembourgish politician in the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), journalist, and writer. Before turning to politics full-time, he wrote for the Luxemburger Wort newspaper.
Before World War II, he organised the development of the CSV's precursor, the Party of the Right, along with Jean Baptiste Esch. He was a CSV Deputy from 1946 onwards, and was the party's secretary-general from 1952 to 1960. He was a member of the Council of Europe from 1956.
He also held several government posts: he was the minister for the Interior, Religion, Arts and Sciences and Transport from 1959 to 1964, then became minister for Cultural Affairs, Education and the Civil Service from 1964 onwards. From 1969 to 1974 he was the president of the Chamber of Deputies.
External links
[edit]- "Pierre Grégoire". Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois. Centre national de littérature. 9 November 1907.
- Ministers for transport of Luxembourg
- Ministers for defence of Luxembourg
- Ministers for foreign affairs of Luxembourg
- Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
- Christian Social People's Party politicians
- Luxembourgian journalists
- Luxembourgian male journalists
- Luxembourgian non-fiction writers
- Luxembourgian male non-fiction writers
- Luxemburger Wort people
- 1907 births
- 1991 deaths
- Vichten
- Alumni of the Athénée de Luxembourg
- 20th-century journalists
- Luxembourgian politician stubs