Kauffman Ministry
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The Kauffman Ministry was in office in Luxembourg from 19 June 1917 to 28 September 1918.
Léon Kauffman, a member of the Party of the Right, was able to form a coalition government with the liberals on 19 June 1917.[1] This was the first time that a Prime Minister from the Party of the Right was in office.[1] One of the government's tasks was to reform the Constitution of Luxembourg, to make it more democratic.[1] In November 1917, the Chamber of Deputies began debating the introduction of universal suffrage.[1] There was particularly drawn-out discussion on articles 32 (origin of sovereign power), 37 (conclusion of secret treaties), 52 (universal suffrage, women's right to vote, proportional representation) and 75 (Deputies' salaries) of the Constitution.[1] There was a crisis when the government clashed with the Chamber and refused to revise article 32.[1] The government was unwilling (as the Chamber wanted) to risk offending the Grand Duchess by defining sovereignty as residing in the nation, rather than in the monarch.[1] The government also became discredited by its relations with the German occupiers -- it became known that on 16 August, the prime minister had been present at a private visit by the German chancellor Georg von Hertling to the Grand Duchess.[1] On 28 September 1918, the Kauffman Ministry was succeeded by a new government under Émile Reuter.[1]
Composition
- Léon Kauffman: Minister of State, head of government, Director-General of Foreign Affairs, Culture and Finances
- Léon Moutrier: Director-General of Justice and public education
- Antoine Lefort: Director-General for Public Works
- Joseph Faber: Director-General of Agriculture, Trade, Industry and Labor
- Maurice Kohn: Director-General for the Interior[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Thewes, Guy (2011). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French). Service Information et Presse. pp. 72–75. ISBN 978-2-87999-212-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
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