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List of events
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1967
1966
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1968
in
Luxembourg
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1969
1970
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See also:
History of Luxembourg
List of years in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during
1968 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
.
Incumbents
Position
Incumbent
Grand Duke
Jean
[1]
Prime Minister
Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister
Henry Cravatte
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Romain Fandel
President of the Council of State
Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City
Paul Wilwertz
Events
6 April – Representing Luxembourg, Chris Baldo and
Sophie Garel
finish eleventh in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
with the song
Nous vivrons d'amour
.
5 August – A law reforming
secondary education
is passed.
[2]
5 October – A law changing the criteria for eligibility to sit in the
Chamber of Deputies
is passed.
[2]
29 October – Disagreements over the
budget
for the following year lead to the collapse of the
Werner-Cravatte Ministry
.
[3]
15 December –
Legislative elections
are held. In the
Chamber of Deputies
, the
DP
wins five extra seats, reversing their losses in
1964
.
[3]
16 December –
Paul Wilwertz
resigns from the
Council of State
to take up his seat in the
Chamber of Deputies
.
[4]
Births
Deaths
Footnotes
^
East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014).
Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders
. Routledge. p. 359.
ISBN
978-1-317-63939-8
.
^
a
b
Thewes (2006), p. 171
^
a
b
Thewes (2006), p. 172
^
"Membres depuis 1857"
(in French). Council of State. Archived from
the original
on 3 November 2009
. Retrieved
5 April
2009
.
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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