Charles-Gérard Eyschen

Who was Charles-Gérard Eyschen?

Charles-Gérard Eyschen was a Luxembourgish politician and jurist. An Orangist, Eyschen served in the cabinet of Charles-Mathias Simons as Director-General for Justice.

Born in Baschleiden in 1800, Eyschen became a lawyer. In 1826, he earned his doctorate in law from the University of Liège, and in 1829, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy, also at Liège. He became a judge on the Court of First Instance in Diekirch, but resigned the following year, when he moved to Luxembourg City. He returned to the judiciary in 1832, becoming judge on the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg City. He became President of the Arrondisement Tribunal in Diekirch in 1840, and transferred to the same position in Luxembourg City in 1842. He was appointed to the judiciary's supreme court, the Superior Court of Justice, in 1843.

He failed to be elected to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the grand duchy's first Constitution in 1848. However, he was subsequently elected to the Chamber of Deputies, which the Constitution established and which succeeded the Constituent Assembly, representing Echternach from 1848 to 1854 and Clervaux from 1854.