He was a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), and sat in the Chamber of Deputies for eighteen years.
Growing up in Beggen, Bourg studied at the Athénée de Luxembourg, before completing his military service in Arlon, and then Brussels.
[2] Upon returning to the country, he remained in the army, serving as an officer training instructor.
[2] After graduating from the University of Karlsruhe, he became a teacher at the Lycée Technique des Arts et Métiers, in Luxembourg City.
He was succeeded in the Chamber of Deputies by Marcel Sauber, then President of the Council of State.