1982 in Luxembourg

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

July – September

October – December

Deaths

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.
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