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The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte^[1]
Prime Minister	Pierre Dupong
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Léon Kauffman
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

20 January – Pierre Krier dies, precipitating a crisis in the National Union Government.^[2]
12 February – The National Union Government tenders its resignation.^[2]
1 March – A centre-right government is formed between the Christian Social People's Party and the Democratic Group under incumbent Prime Minister Pierre Dupong.

16 April – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is founded, with Luxembourg as one of the sixteen founding members.^[3]
16 April – The government commits itself to seeking 11.1bn francs in war reparations.
28 April – Eugène Rodenbourg is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Jacques Delahaye and Robert Als.^[4]
16 June – A law is passed granting Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois management of the national railway network for 99 years.^[5]

20 October – A law is passed conferring family welfare benefits on all employees.^[3]

^ "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Thewes (2006), p. 126
^ ^a ^b Thewes (2006), p. 131
^ ^a ^b "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
^ Thewes (2006), p. 133

Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 12 December 2009.