1982 in Luxembourg
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The following lists events that happened during 1982 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January – March
[edit]- 1 January – Lydie Polfer becomes the new Mayor of Luxembourg City.
- 22 February – Belgium unilaterally devalues the Belgian franc by 8.5%, without consulting Luxembourg, whose franc is pegged to it. Luxembourg is forced to follow unwillingly.[2]
- 27 March – 40,000 people protest in the streets at the government's response to the crisis in the steel industry.
April – June
[edit]- 8 April – A law is passed to restrict the indexing of wage settlements in an attempt to stem inflation,[3] which peaks at 9.4% over 1982.
- 24 April – Representing Luxembourg, Svetlana finishes sixth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song Cours après le temps.
- 13 June – France's Bernard Hinault wins the 1982 Tour de Luxembourg.
- 13 July – A law is passed to give government subsidies to aid foreign direct investment in Luxembourg.[4]
July – September
[edit]- 29 September – An Aeroflot flight crashes whilst landing at Luxembourg-Findel, killing six.
October – December
[edit]- 3 December – Camille Ney resigns from the government due to poor health.[5]
- 21 December – Ernest Mühlen is appointed in Camille Ney's place as minister, whilst Jean-Claude Juncker is promoted to secretary of state.[6]
Deaths
[edit]- 14 November – Lucien Bidinger, cyclist
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 200
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 199
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 193–4
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 193
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 196
References
[edit]- 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.
