1982 in Luxembourg

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The following lists events that happened during 1982 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

January – March[edit]

• 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.^[2]
• 27 March – 40,000 people protest in the streets at the government's response to the crisis in the steel industry.

April – June[edit]

• 8 April – A law is passed to restrict the indexing of wage settlements in an attempt to stem inflation,^[3] 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.^[4]

July – September[edit]

• 29 September – An Aeroflot flight crashes whilst landing at Luxembourg-Findel, killing six.

October – December[edit]

• 3 December – Camille Ney resigns from the government due to poor health.^[5]
• 21 December – Ernest Mühlen is appointed in Camille Ney's place as minister, whilst Jean-Claude Juncker is promoted to secretary of state.^[6]

Deaths[edit]

• 14 November – Lucien Bidinger, cyclist

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

• 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.