Pierre Prüm
politician (1886-1950)
Pierre Prüm (9 July 1886 – 1 February 1950) was a Luxembourgish politician and jurist. He was served as prime minister of Luxembourg for a year, from 20 March 1925 until 16 July 1926.
Early life
Prüm was born in Troisvierges, in the far north of the Grand Duchy, on 9 July 1886. His father, Émile Prüm, was a fervent Roman Catholic and a prominent conservative politician, and this greatly affected his political outlook. He and his brother Emmanuel were sent to university at Leuven, where he joined K.A.V. Lovania Leuven, a Catholic fraternity.
While his brother became a priest, Pierre trained as a lawyer. Like his father, he sought political office, and entered politics himself, representing the canton of Clervaux in the Chamber of Deputies. As a conservative, he joined the Party of the Right (PD) when it was founded, in 1914. However, Prüm left the Party of the Right in 1918 to form his own party, the Independent National Party (PNI).
Prime minister
Formation
The Chamber of Deputies' rejection of the railway treaty with Belgium brought about the Reuter government's resignation.
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