1982 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

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

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.