Victor Thorn

This article deals with the politician Victor Thorn. For other people see Viktor Thorn .

Victor Thorn (born January 31, 1844 in Esch-sur-Alzette , † September 15, 1930 in Luxembourg ) was a Luxembourg politician .

Life

Victor Thorn studied law in Ghent , Heidelberg and Dijon from 1863 to 1866 . Thorn worked as a lawyer from 1867 to 1883. In 1883 he became a public prosecutor and from 1885 to 1888 he was a member of the State Council. From 1888 to 1892 he was general director (minister) for public buildings in the Eyschen government .

In 1899, Thorn became attorney general . In 1915 he was Minister of Justice and Construction in the Mongenast government . In 1916 the Loutsch government had to resign after the Chamber had withdrawn its trust. A month later, Victor Thorn was able to present a new government in which the three major parties in Luxembourg were represented. The main aim was to cope with the supply crisis in Luxembourg, which was made worse by the First World War . The government rationed food and set maximum prices. As a result, the black market flourished and tensions between urban and rural populations increased. In 1917 there was a strike in the Minette region, which was broken up by the German army. Agriculture Minister Michel Welter lost the Chamber's confidence ; a crisis that brought down the whole government.

Victor Thorn was President of the State Council until 1929. From 1921 to 1927 he was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague .