1976 in Luxembourg explained

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

• 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

• 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

• 4 January – Benoît Joachim, cyclist

Deaths

• 18 March – Nicolas Margue, politician
• 25 June - Joseph Wolter, member of the Council of State
• 10 August - Lambert Schaus, politician and diplomat
• 8 December – Albert Borschette, diplomat and writer
• 22 December - Paul Weber, member of the Councir of State

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

1. 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.
2. Thewes (2006), p. 190
3. Thewes (2006), p. 182
4. 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 .