Christian Calmes

Christian Calmes (11 July 1913 – 5 July 1995) was a Luxembourgian civil servant, lawyer, and historian. He served as Secretary-General of the precursor to the Council of the European Union from its inception as part of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952 until 1973.

Calmes was President of the Young Lawyers of Luxembourg from 1945 to 1946. He wrote two books on the history of Luxembourg: Histoire contemporaine du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (1968) and Au fil de l'Histoire (1968, with his father). They have been printed in several editions since, and the former has been widely used as a textbook. Calmes was Grand Marshal of Luxembourg from 1981 until 1984.

He died in Grasse, France, in 1995, at the age of 81.

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Name	Calmes, Christian
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Date of birth	11 July 1913
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Date of death	5 July 1995
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