1969 in Luxembourg explained

The following lists events that happened during 1969 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean^[1]
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Henry Cravatte (until 6 February) Eugène Schaus (from 6 February)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Romain Fandel Pierre Grégoire
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter (until 30 June) Maurice Sevenig (from 1 July)
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Paul Wilwertz

Events

January – March

6 February – Pierre Werner forms a new government, with Eugène Schaus of the Democratic Party replacing the LSAP's Henry Cravatte as Werner's deputy.^[2]
24 March - Prince Félix resigns from the Council of State.
29 March – Representing Luxembourg, Romuald Figuier finishes eleventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song Catherine (song).

April – June

10 April – At football, Luxembourg beats Mexico 2–1, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1963.

July – September

1 July - Maurice Sevenig is appointed President of the Council of State, replacing Félix Welter, who resigned the position the previous day.^[3]
8 July – A law introducing value added tax is passed.^[4]

October – December

22 November – A Luxair flight from Frankfurt hits a snowback upon touchdown at Luxembourg-Findel. No-one is killed, but the plane is written off.
December – Prime Minister Pierre Werner presents the Werner Plan on economic and monetary union in the European Union.^[5]

Births

22 May – Nancy Kemp-Arendt, athlete and politician
29 May - Sandrine Cantoreggi, violinist

References

Book: Thewes, Guy . Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 . 12 December 2009 . 2006 . 2006 . Service Information et Presse . Luxembourg City . 978-2-87999-156-6 . fr.

Notes and References

Book: East . Roger . Thomas . Richard J. . Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders . 3 June 2014 . Routledge . 978-1-317-63939-8 . 359 . en.
Thewes (2006), p. 172
Web site: Membres depuis 1857 . 2009-04-05 . Council of State . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091103102814/http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html . 2009-11-03 .
Thewes (2006), p. 181
Thewes (2006), p. 176