The following lists events that happened during 1976 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Incumbents edit
| Position | Incumbent |
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| 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 edit
January – March edit
April – June edit
- 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 edit
- 21 July - Raymond Vouel resigns as Deputy Prime Minister to take up his position as European Commissioner for Competition. He is replaced by Bernard Berg.[3]
October – December edit
- 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 edit
- 4 January – Benoît Joachim, cyclist
Deaths edit
- 18 March – Nicolas Margue, politician
- 25 June - Joseph Wolter, member of the Council of State[4]
- 10 August - Lambert Schaus, politician and diplomat
- 8 December – Albert Borschette, diplomat and writer
- 22 December - Paul Weber, member of the Councir of State[4]
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. 190
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 182
- ^ a b c "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
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.