Pierre Werner
| Pierre Werner | |
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| Prime Minister of Luxembourg | |
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In office 16 July 1979 – 20 July 1984 |
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| Monarch | Jean |
| Preceded by | Gaston Thorn |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Santer |
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In office 2 March 1959 – 15 June 1974 |
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| Monarch |
Charlotte Jean |
| Preceded by | Pierre Frieden |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Thorn |
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| Born | 29 December 1913 Saint-André-lez-Lille, France |
| Died | 24 June 2002 (aged 88) Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Political party | Christian Social People's |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Pierre Werner (29 December 1913 – 24 June 2002) was a Luxembourg politician in the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) who was Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.
Pierre Werner was born in Saint-André-lez-Lille, Nord, France to parents from Luxembourg. He studied at the Cours Supérieurs de Luxembourg (a forerunner to the University of Luxembourg) from 1933 to 1934 and continued his higher education at the Law Faculty of the University of Paris and the École libre des sciences politiques from 1934 to 1937. In 1938, he completed a PhD in Law in Luxembourg. He was involved in several student organisations, becoming chairman of the Association of Catholic Students from 1935 to 1937 and vice-president of the Pax Romana movement (The International Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs) in 1937.
In 1938 he became a lawyer in Luxembourg City, before becoming a banker instead. During the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg (1940–1945) Werner gave clandestine support to the resistance against the occupation forces. After World War II he became the Controller of the banking system in his country. He attended the Bretton Woods conference which set up the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Werner was appointed as Finance Minister of Luxembourg in 1953, and was 19th and 21st Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984. He also served as Minister for Culture.
As head of government, he governed in coalition with the Democratic Party (1959-1964), then the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (1964-1969), then the DP again (1969-1974). Werner and the CSV went into opposition for the first time since World War II from 1974 to 1979. When he returned to power, his last government was another coalition with the DP (1979-1984).
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