1982 in Luxembourg

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Luxembourg |

* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
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Decades:|

* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s

See also:|

* History of Luxembourg
* List of years in Luxembourg

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

## Incumbents

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Position  | Incumbent

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Grand Duke | Jean[1]
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

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### January – March

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* 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

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* 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

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

### October – December

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* 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

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* 14 November – Lucien Bidinger, cyclist

## Footnotes

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 200
3. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 199
4. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 193–4
5. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 193
6. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 196

## References

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* 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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