Editing Pierre Werner (section)

==Training and early activities==

Pierre Werner was born in [[Saint-André-lez-Lille]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]], France, to Luxembourgish parents.<ref name=":2" /> He studied at the ''Cours Supérieurs de Luxembourg'' (a forerunner to the [[University of Luxembourg]]) from 1933 to 1934 and continued his higher education at the [[Paris Law Faculty|Law Faculty of the University of Paris]] and the [[Sciences Po|École libre des sciences politiques]] from 1934 to 1937. In 1938, he completed a PhD in law in Luxembourg.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url = https://www.gouvernement.lu/817424/bio_eng1.pdf|title = Pierre Werner (* 1913 – † 2002) Biographical note|website = gouvernement.lu|publisher = Service Information et Presse}}</ref> He was involved in several student organisations, becoming chairman of the Association of Catholic Students from 1935 to 1937 and vice-president of the [[Pax Romana (organization)|Pax Romana]] movement (The International Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs) in 1937.<ref name=":2" />

In 1938 he became a lawyer in Luxembourg City, before becoming a banker instead.<ref name=":2" /> During the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg (1940–1945) Werner gave clandestine support to the resistance against the occupation forces.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} After World War II he became the Controller of the banking system in his country.<ref name=":1">Thewes, Guy. [http://www.gouvernement.lu/1828371/Gouvernements_depuis_1848-version_2011.pdf "Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché depuis 1848."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182824/http://www.gouvernement.lu/1828371/Gouvernements_depuis_1848-version_2011.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }} Service information et presse. Luxembourg: Imprimerie Centrale, 2011.</ref> He attended the [[Bretton Woods Conference]] which set up the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF).{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}