1982 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
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Years:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

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Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Colette Flesch
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Léon Bollendorff
President of the Council of State	François Goerens
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Lydie Polfer

Events

January – March

• 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.^[1]
• 27 March – 40,000 people protest in the streets at the government's response to the crisis in the steel industry.

April – June

• 8 April – A law is passed to restrict the indexing of wage settlements in an attempt to stem inflation,^[2] 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.^[3]

July – September

• 29 September – An Aeroflot flight crashes whilst landing at Luxembourg-Findel, killing six.

October – December

• 3 December – Camille Ney resigns from the government due to poor health.^[4]
• 21 December – Ernest Mühlen is appointed in Camille Ney's place as minister, whilst Jean-Claude Juncker is promoted to secretary of state.^[5]

Deaths

• 14 November – Lucien Bidinger, cyclist

Footnotes

1. Thewes (2006), p. 200
2. Thewes (2006), p. 199
3. Thewes (2006), p. 193–4
4. Thewes (2006), p. 193
5. Thewes (2006), p. 196

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.