In September 1953, Pierre Dupong, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, and Pierre Werner, Adviser to the Government, are welcomed by the President of Goodyear during a visit to the company’s headquarters in Akron, Ohio.

On 4 May 1961, Hereditary Grand Duke Jean takes the oath as Lieutenant Representative. This fourth Lieutenancy was to end on 12 November 1964 with the abdication of Grand Duchess Charlotte in favour of her son, Jean. From left to right: Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State, Hereditary Grand Duke Jean, and Alfred Loesch, Marshal of the Court.

On 19 March 1963, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State, holds a press conference at his home.

On 12 November 1964, after the abdication of his mother, Grand Duchess Charlotte, Hereditary Grand Duke Jean becomes the eighth sovereign of Luxembourg since the creation of the Grand Duchy in 1815. The photo shows the grand ducal family and the Prime Minister and Minister of State, Pierre Werner (on the left).

The Luxembourg Government in 1969.

Jean Dupong, Pierre Werner and Gaston Thorn (from left to right) on 20 January 1969 in Luxembourg.

Grand Duchess Charlotte and Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, after the inauguration of the National Monument of Luxembourg Solidarity on 10 October 1971.

Meeting between Pierre Werner and Ambassador Guy de Muyser, Marshal of the Court, at the 90th birthday celebrations of Jean Monnet held at the Banque de France.

Photo of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, with the officials from various ministries involved in the organisation of Luxembourg’s Presidency of the Council in 1980.

In September 1992, during the visit to Luxembourg of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Jacques Santer, Luxembourg Prime Minister, and Pierre Werner, Honorary Prime Minister and founder of the satellites project, take him to the headquarters of SES Astra in Betzdorf.

On 11 November 1956, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister for Finance and the Armed Forces, inaugurates the first telephone communication with Brussels.

Meeting between Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State, and Robert Schuman in 1960.

On 17 September 1960, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State, is received by General de Gaulle.

On 29 January 1963, Pierre Werner (on the right), Luxembourg Minister of State, President of the Government and Finance Minister, and Eugène Schaus (on the left), Luxembourg Foreign Minister, sign the protocol revising the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) Convention.

On 29 January 1963, Eugène Schaus, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Minister of State, Théo Lefèvre, Belgian Prime Minister, and Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister (from left to right) sign the protocol revising the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) Convention.

In November 1963, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State, President of the Government and Finance Minister (on the right), visits the Houses of Parliament in London and meets Sir Herbert Butcher, Chair of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (on the left), and G. W. Aldington, British Ambassador to Luxembourg (centre).

On 10 April 1964, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State, President of the Government and Finance Minister, and Eugène Schaus, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, hold a meeting with German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard that lasts an hour and a half. The Federal Foreign Minister, Gerhard Schröder, and Paulus von Stolzmann, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to Luxembourg, sit in on the discussions. From left to right: Gerhard Schröder, Pierre Werner, Ludwig Erhard, Paulus von Stolzmann and Eugène Schaus.

On 4 May 1964, during his official visit to Luxembourg, German Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard (on the right) meets Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State (on the left).

On 4 May 1964, during his official visit to Luxembourg, German Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard meets Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government.

Paul-Henri Spaak (on the left), Belgian Foreign Minister, and Pierre Werner (on the right), Luxembourg Minister of State and Foreign Minister, at the meeting of the European Economic Community (EEC) held on 2 March 1965 in Brussels.

On 8 April 1965, in Brussels, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, signs the Treaty merging the executive bodies (single Commission and Council) of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC).

On 8 March 1967, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, Grand Duke Jean, George Brown, British Foreign Secretary, and Pierre Grégoire, Luxembourg Foreign Minister (from left to right), meet in Luxembourg.

On 8 March 1967, George Brown, British Foreign Secretary, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, and Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State (from left to right), meet in Luxembourg.

On 29 and 30 May 1967, the European Heads of State or Government meet in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

On 29 and 30 May 1967, the European Heads of State meet in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

On the eve of the NATO Ministerial Meeting on 13 and 14 June 1967 in Luxembourg, German Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt (on the left) meets Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State (on the right), on 12 June.

As the Robert Schuman Prize is awarded at the University of Bonn on 29 June 1967, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State (left), and Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State from 1926 to 1937 and from 1953 to 1958 (centre), meet the German Federal Chancellor, Kurt Georg Kiesinger (right).

At the Benelux Summit in 1968, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands receives the delegations of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. In the first row (from left to right): Gaston Eyskens, Belgian Prime Minister, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, and Piet de Jong, Netherlands Prime Minister.

On 4 May 1972, French President Georges Pompidou and his Foreign Minister, Maurice Schumann, make an official visit to Luxembourg. They discuss with Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, and Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Foreign Minister. From left to right: Maurice Schumann, Georges Pompidou, Pierre Werner, Gaston Thorn.

Meeting in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972, the Heads of State or Government of the Communities, newly enlarged to include nine Member States, affirm their intention to transform, before the end of the present decade, the whole complex of their relations into a European Union. They take decisions concerning Economic and Monetary Union, the Monetary Cooperation Fund and regional policy. From left to right: Pierre Werner (Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government), Gaston Eyskens (Belgian Prime Minister), Jack Lynch (Irish Prime Minister), Anker Jorgensen (Danish Prime Minister), Willy Brandt (Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany), Barend W. Biesheuvel (Netherlands Prime Minister), Georges Pompidou (President of the French Republic), Edward Heath (British Prime Minister), Giulio Andreotti (Italian Prime Minister) and Sicco Mansholt (President of the Commission of the European Communities).

The Heads of State or Government of the future Nine meet for the first time at the Paris European Summit held from 19 to 21 October 1972. They affirm their intention to transform, before the end of the present decade, the whole complex of their relations into a European Union, and take decisions concerning Economic and Monetary Union, the Monetary Cooperation Fund and regional policy.

Meeting between Roy Jenkins (on the left), President of the Commission of the European Communities, and Pierre Werner (on the right), Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

In July 1980, the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, makes an official visit to Luxembourg. In the background (from left to right): Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister, and Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Foreign Minister.

During an official visit to Paris on 19 November 1980, Pierre Werner (right), Prime Minister of Luxembourg, meets French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (centre) and Jean François-Poncet (left), French Foreign Minister.

On 28 November 1980, Pierre Werner (on the left), Luxembourg Prime Minister, meets Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (on the right) in Bonn. They discuss the questions on the agenda of the European Council, to be held on 1 and 2 December in Luxembourg.

Group photo of the final European Council attended by the Heads of State or Government of the Nine, as well as by the President of the Commission, held in Luxembourg on 1 and 2 December 1980. Front row (from left to right): Andries van Agt, Netherlands Prime Minister; Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic; Grand Duke Jean; Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council; Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister. Second and third rows: the Ministers for Foreign Affairs.

At the Luxembourg European Council on 29 and 30 June 1981, Grand Duke Jean receives François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, at the Grand Ducal Palace. From left to right: Luxembourg Prime Minister Pierre Werner, François Mitterrand, Grand Duke Jean, French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson and his Luxembourg counterpart Colette Flesch.

At the Luxembourg European Council on 29 and 30 June 1981, Grand Duke Jean welcomes the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, to the Grand Ducal Palace. From left to right: the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Pierre Werner, the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, and Grand Duke Jean.

At the London European Council on 26 and 27 November 1981, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom receives the Heads of State or Government of the Europe of the Ten.

On 29 and 30 March 1982, a ceremony is held at the Brussels European Council to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties. First row (from left to right): Andries van Agt, Netherlands Prime Minister; Giovanni Spadolini, Italian Prime Minister; Andreas Papandreou, Greek Prime Minister; Anker Jørgensen, Danish Prime Minister; François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic; Helmut Schmidt, German Federal Chancellor; Charles Haughey, Irish Prime Minister; Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister; Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister.

On 5 November 1982, Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl (on the left) makes a visit to Luxembourg and meets Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government (on the right), for political consultations.

Group photo at the Benelux Summit held in The Hague on 10 November 1982. From left to right: Leo Tindemans, Belgian Minister for External Relations, Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister, Ruud Lubbers, Netherlands Prime Minister, Colette Flesch, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, and Hans van den Broek, Netherlands Foreign Minister.

The Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Pierre Werner (on the left), the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (centre), and the Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl (on the right), at the Stuttgart European Council, held from 17 to 19 June 1983.

Meeting between Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (on the right), and the President of Greece, Konstantinos Karamanlis (on the left), at the Athens European Council, held from 4 to 6 December 1983.

On 20 January 1984, Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is received by Grand Duke Jean at the Grand Ducal Palace, where the Grand Duke decorates him with the highest order in Luxembourg. From left to right: Grand Duchess Charlotte, Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Grand Duke Jean, Hannelore Kohl and President of the Luxembourg Government Pierre Werner.

On 20 January 1984, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister (on the right), and Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor (on the left), meet in Luxembourg. The two Heads of Government discuss bilateral questions and issues relating to the European Community.

On 20 January 1984, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister (on the right), and Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor (on the left), meet in Luxembourg. The two Heads of Government discuss bilateral questions and issues relating to the European Community.

On 8 February 1984, the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, makes a working visit to Luxembourg and meets the Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, Pierre Werner. From left to right: Ernest Michels, François Mitterrand and Pierre Werner.

On 8 February 1984, the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, holds a press conference on the margins of his working visit to see the Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, Pierre Werner (on the left).

On 16 and 17 July 1959, a meeting of Finance Ministers is held in Petersberg. From left to right: Pierre Werner (Luxembourg), Albert Van Houtte (Belgium), Franz Etzel (FRG) and Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

On 17 September 1959, Pierre Werner, Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Luxembourg, sails to America on board the Queen Elizabeth liner to attend the IMF Annual Meeting in Washington.

Pierre Werner, Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Luxembourg, at the Annual Meeting of the IMF Governors, held in 1961 in Vienna.

In 1962, Pierre Werner (on the left), Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Luxembourg, and Robert B. Anderson (on the right), Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, take part in the Annual Meeting of the IMF Governors.

Pierre Werner, Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Luxembourg, at the Annual Meeting of the IMF Governors, held from 17 to 21 September 1962 in Washington.

On 25 September 1967, Pierre Werner, Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Luxembourg, takes part in the Annual Meeting of the IMF in Rio de Janeiro.

Pierre Werner, Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Luxembourg, at the Annual Meeting of the IMF Governors, held from 30 September to 4 October 1963 in Washington.

Meeting between Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at 10 Downing Street.

During an official visit to London in November 1963, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State, President of the Government and Finance Minister, meets Reginald Maudling, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.

Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State, President of the Government and Finance Minister (on the left), with Johan Witteveen, Netherlands Finance Minister (on the right), in 1964.

Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and Minister for the Treasury, and Rolf Dahlgrün, Federal Minister for Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany, at the meeting of Finance Ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC) on 25 January 1965 in Antwerp.

On 12 September 1966, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, and Michel Debré, French Minister for the Economy and Finance, hold a joint press conference with Jacques Navadic, a journalist for RTL Luxembourg.

Meeting between Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister (on the right), and French Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (on the left) in 1969.

General view of the conference room at the European Summit in The Hague on 1 and 2 December 1969.

Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, Gaston Eyskens, Belgian Prime Minister, Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, and Pierre Harmel, Belgian Foreign Minister, at the European Summit in The Hague on 1 and 2 December 1969.

During an official visit to Paris on 15 and 16 May 1970, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government (on the right), meets French Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas (on the left).

During an official visit to Paris on 15 and 16 May 1970, Pierre Werner speaks to Jean Monnet. In the background, Alain Poher, President of the French Senate, and Luxembourg Minister Gaston Thorn.

On 15 October 1970, Franco-Maria Malfatti, President of the Commission of the European Communities (centre), meets Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State (right), and Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Foreign Minister (left).

On 8 February 1971, Pierre Werner (on the left), Luxembourg Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Minister of State, and Franco-Maria Malfatti (on the right), President of the Commission of the European Communities, attend a session of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council in Brussels.

In 1972, Edward Heath (on the right), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, receives his Luxembourg counterpart, Pierre Werner (on the left), for a dinner at 10 Downing Street.

In 1972, during a visit to London, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State, President of the Government and Finance Minister (on the right), meets Anthony Barber, British Chancellor of the Exchequer (on the left).

On 4 May 1972, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State, President of the Government and Finance Minister (on the left), welcomes the President of the French Republic, Georges Pompidou (on the right), during his official visit to Luxembourg.

During his 80th birthday celebrations in 1993, Pierre Werner meets Hans Tietmeyer, President of the Bundesbank from 1993 to 1999 and former deputy in the Werner Group.

Pierre Werner and Jean-Claude Juncker.

Pierre Werner, entouré de Jean-Claude Juncker, Premier ministre luxembourgeois, et de Jacques Santer, président de la Commission européenne, le soir du 31 décembre 1998, veille de la naissance de l'euro.

Address given by Pierre Werner in Luxembourg on 31 December 1998, the eve of the launch of the euro.

On 4 December 2001, Yves Mersch (on the right), President of the Central Bank of Luxembourg (BCL), presents a euro banknote to Pierre Werner (on the left), and emphasises the major contribution made by Pierre Werner to the establishment of European Monetary Union.

During their official visit to the United States, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and Pierre Werner, Prime Minister and Minister of State, meet US President John F. Kennedy in Washington on 30 April 1963. From left to right: Grand Duchess Charlotte, Pierre Werner, US Under Secretary of State George Ball, and John F. Kennedy.

On 30 April 1963, US President John F. Kennedy hosts a State dinner held in honour of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Grand Duke Jean at the White House during the State visit made by the sovereign of Luxembourg to the United States. First row, from left to right: Grand Duke Jean, Mrs Kennedy, Grand Duchess Charlotte, John F. Kennedy. Second row, from left to right: Eugène Schaus, Lyndon B. Johnson, Pierre Werner.

On 18 September 1963, General Speidel (on the left), Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Land Forces Central Europe for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) since April 1957, makes a farewell visit to Pierre Werner (on the right), Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State. General Speidel was the first German to serve as NATO Commander.

On 4 November 1963, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State, gives an address during the official visit of US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to Luxembourg.

In November 1963, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State (on the left), meets US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (on the right) as he makes an official visit to Luxembourg.

On 4 November 1963, Grand Duchess Charlotte (on the left) and Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government (centre), meet US Vice President Lyndon (on the right), on an official visit to Luxembourg.

On 13 and 14 June 1967, Pierre Werner (on the left), Luxembourg Minister of State and Foreign Minister, Manlio Brosio (centre), Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), and Pierre Harmel (on the right), Belgian Foreign Minister, take part in the NATO Ministerial Meeting in Luxembourg.

On 13 and 14 June 1967, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, Maurice Couve de Murville, French Foreign Minister, Pierre Grégoire, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, and Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State, take part in the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held in Luxembourg. From left to right: the Mayor of Luxembourg City, Pierre Werner, Maurice Couve de Murville, Pierre Grégoire. In the background: Dean Rusk.

Discussion between Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government (on the right), Pierre Grégoire, Luxembourg Foreign Minister (with his back to the camera), and Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (on the left), during the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), held on 13 and 14 June 1967 in Luxembourg.

During the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on 13 and 14 June 1967 in Luxembourg, the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Willy Brandt (on the left), and his Luxembourg counterpart, Pierre Grégoire, shake hands next to the Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government, Pierre Werner.

Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, gives an address at the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), held on 13 and 14 June 1967 in Luxembourg.

During his official visit to China from 28 April to 7 May 1982, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister, is received by the Chinese Prime Minister, Zhao Ziyang, in front of the People’s Assembly Hall in Beijing.

On 17 May 1982, Pierre Werner (left), Luxembourg Prime Minister, Joseph Luns (centre), Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), and Leo Tindemans (right), Belgian Minister for External Relations, meet at the NATO Ministerial Meeting in Luxembourg.

On 12 February 1984, the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Pierre Werner (on the right), greets US Vice President George H. W. Bush (on the left) at Luxembourg Airport as he embarks on a two-day official visit to the country.

On 12 and 13 February 1984, the Vice President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, makes an official visit to Luxembourg. From left to right: John E. Dolibois, US Ambassador to Luxembourg, his wife Winifred Dolibois Englehart, Pierre Werner, President of the Luxembourg Government, Barbara Bush, George H. W. Bush and Colette Flesch, Vice-President of the Government and Foreign Minister of Luxembourg.

Pierre Werner is received in audience with Pope Paul VI.

Pierre Werner (on the right) with American violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin (on the left).

Pierre Werner at the piano.

Pierre and Henriette Werner-Pescatore with their children in 1959.

Pierre Werner and his family gather for the party given in his honour in 1984 on his retirement from political life.

The Werner family in 1997 in Saarbrücken.

Pierre Werner with his wife, Henriette Werner-Pescatore.

Pierre Werner with his wife, Henriette Werner-Pescatore.

Pierre Werner and his wife Henriette Werner-Pescatore.

Pierre Werner is admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1938.

Passport photo of Pierre Werner.

Pierre Werner in 1954.

Pierre Werner in 1959.

Pierre Werner in 1979.

Portrait of Pierre Werner.

Portrait of Pierre Werner, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SES from 1989 to 1996.

Portrait of Pierre Werner.

Portrait of Pierre Werner.

Portrait of Pierre Werner.

Pierre Werner in March 1998.