1965 in Luxembourg

← 1964 1963 1962 1965 in Luxembourg → 1966 1967 1968
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1965 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	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. ^[2]
• 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. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]

July – September

• 23 August – Antoine Krier replaces Nicolas Biever in the government, after Biever's death the previous month. ^[5]

October – December

• 30 December – Compulsory national service is reduced to six months. ^[6]

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

Footnotes

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. "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
3. Thewes (2006), p. 164
4. Thewes (2006), p. 168
5. Thewes (2006), p. 160
6. Thewes (2006), p. 171

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.