Émile Servais

Émile Servais (26 September 1847 – 24 October 1928) was a Luxembourgian communist politician and revolutionary. He was an engineer by profession.

On 9 January 1919, a company of the Luxembourgian army revolted against the Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde, and declared itself to be the army of a new socialist republic. [Thewes (2003), p. 81] The seventy-two year old Servais was chosen by an eight-member " 'Committee for Public Safety' " as the new head of the revolutionary government, under the title of 'Chairman'. [fr icon [http://www.quid.fr/2006/Laos_A_Luxembourg/Luxembourg/1 Luxembourg] . "Quid.fr". Retrieved on 2006-07-28.] President of the Chamber of Deputies François Altwies requested that French soldiers intervene, and, eager to end what they considered to be a pro-Belgian uprising, [Thewes (2003), p. 81] France ended the rebellion and deposed Servais. [Kreins (2003), p. 90]

He was the son of former Prime Minister Emmanuel Servais. In 1877, Émile was awarded the Order of the Oak Crown. [Mersch (1947), p. 594]

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