1968 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

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April – June

• 6 April – Representing Luxembourg, Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel finish eleventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song Nous vivrons d'amour.

July – September

• 5 August – A law reforming secondary education is passed.^[1]

October – December

• 5 October – A law changing the criteria for eligibility to sit in the Chamber of Deputies is passed.^[1]
• 29 October – Disagreements over the budget for the following year lead to the collapse of the Werner-Cravatte Ministry.^[2]
• 15 December – Legislative elections are held. In the Chamber of Deputies, the DP wins five extra seats, reversing their losses in 1964.^[2]
• 16 December - Paul Wilwertz resigns from the Council of State to take up his seat in the Chamber of Deputies.^[3]

Births

• 12 June – Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg
• 30 December – Marc Lies, politician

Deaths

• 12 October – Jean Gallion, politician

Footnotes

References

• (French) Thewes, Guy (2006) (PDF). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/gouvernement/gouvernements_depuis_1848/Les_gouv_2006.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2009.