1976 in Luxembourg

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The following lists events that happened during 1976 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position Incumbent
Grand Duke Jean[1]
Prime Minister Gaston Thorn
Deputy Prime Minister Raymond Vouel (until 21 July)
Bernard Berg (from 21 July)
President of the Chamber of Deputies René Van Den Bulcke
President of the Council of State Emile Raus (until 25 June)
Albert Goldmann (26 June – 4 December)
Ferdinand Wirtgen (from 20 December)
Mayor of Luxembourg City Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

  • 11 March - A law establishing state aid for newspapers is signed into law.[2]

April – June

  • 3 April – Representing Luxembourg, Juergen Marcus finishes fourteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'aiment.

July – September

October – December

  • 15 December - Georges Thorn is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Norbert Droessaert, who resigned in November.[4]
  • 18 December – 10,000 public sector workers go on strike.

Births

Deaths

Footnotes

  1. ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-317-63939-8.
  2. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 190
  3. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 182
  4. ^ a b c "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

References

  • Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 12 December 2009.