1965 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1965 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
| Position | Incumbent |
|---|---|
| Grand Duke | Jean |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Werner |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Henry Cravatte |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | Victor Bodson |
| President of the Council of State | Félix Welter |
| Mayor of Luxembourg City | Paul Wilwertz |
Events
January – March
- 26 February - Fernand Georges is appointed to the Council of State.[1]
- 2 March – Luxembourg City is agreed to remain one of the seats of the European Union as part of the negotiations over the Merger Treaty.[2]
- 20 March – Representing Luxembourg, France Gall wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song Poupée de cire, poupée de son.
April – June
- 12 June – A law is signed governing industrial relations, making arbitration compulsory.[3]
July – September
- 23 August – Antoine Krier replaces Nicolas Biever in the government, after Biever's death the previous month.[4]
October – December
- 30 December – Compulsory national service is reduced to six months.[5]
Births
- 14 January – Désirée Nosbusch, singer and presenter of Eurovision Song Contest 1984, the last time Luxembourg hosted the Eurovision Song Contest.
- 22 October – Georges Lentz, composer
- 4 December - Françoise Groben, cellist
- 10 December – Alain Hamer, football referee
Deaths
- 15 July – Nicolas Biever, politician and trade unionist
- 23 September – Emile Maar, Resistance leader
- 9 October – François Simon, politician
Footnotes
- "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- Thewes (2006), p. 164
- Thewes (2006), p. 168
- Thewes (2006), p. 160
- Thewes (2006), p. 171
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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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