    pierre werner (29 december 1913 â 24 june 2002) was a luxembourg politician. pierre werner was born in saint-andrÃ©-lez-lille, nord, france to parents from luxembourg. ==training and early activities== he studied at the cours supÃ©rieurs de luxembourg (a forerunner to the university of luxembourg) from 1933 to 1934 and continued his higher education at the law faculty of the university of paris and the Ãcole libre des sciences politiques from 1934 to 1937. in 1938, he completed a phd in law in luxembourg. he was involved in several student organisations, becoming vice-president of the pax romana movement (the international movement for intellectual and cultural affairs) in 1937. during the nazi occupation of luxembourg (1940â45) werner, working as a banker, gave clandestine support to the resistance against the occupation forces. after world war ii he became the controller of the banking system in his country. he attended the bretton woods conference which set up the international monetary fund (imf). werner was appointed as finance minister of luxembourg in 1953, and was 19th and 21st prime minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984. he also served as minister for culture. as prime minister, werner, a christian democrat, undertook the diversification of the national economy, hard hit by a major europe-wide crisis in the steel industry, by attracting new industrial investments, as well as financial services to the grand duchy. he placed luxembourg on the map of global satellite communications. he is remembered for having used "tripartite" social mediation (industry, labour and government) to overcome the severe steel crisis which lasted from 1979 to 1984. he placed the process of european integration at the centre of the policy of his country. with friends such as joseph bech, jean monnet and robert schuman, werner was a determined advocate of europ
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