Pierre-Ernest Dams: Voice of justice

After studying law in Brussels, Pierre-Ernest Dams, born in Remich, takes up the position of peace judge in Grevenmacher in 1824. He joins the Belgian Revolution and is transferred by the provisional government of Belgium to the peace court in Remich. In 1830, he is elected to the Belgian National Congress. In 1842, he is appointed by William II as a member of the Luxembourg estates assembly, where he will serve until 1845. In a manifesto titled *An das Luxemburgische Volk!*, Dams denounces the high salaries of the de la Fontaine government, electoral manipulations, and favoritism in the appointment of civil servants in 1848. From 1848 to 1853, he will be a member of the first chamber of deputies.