1969 in Luxembourg

← 1968 1967 1966 1969 in Luxembourg → 1970 1971 1972
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1969 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean [1]
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Henry Cravatte (until 6 February) Eugène Schaus (from 6 February)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Romain Fandel Pierre Grégoire
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter (until 30 June) Maurice Sevenig (from 1 July) [2]
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Paul Wilwertz

Events

January – March

• 6 February – Pierre Werner forms a new government, with Eugène Schaus of the Democratic Party replacing the LSAP's Henry Cravatte as Werner's deputy. ^[3]
• 24 March - Prince Félix resigns from the Council of State. ^[2]
• 29 March – Representing Luxembourg, Romuald Figuier finishes eleventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song Catherine (song) .

April – June

• 10 April – At football, Luxembourg beats Mexico 2–1, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1963.

July – September

• 1 July - Maurice Sevenig is appointed President of the Council of State, replacing Félix Welter, who resigned the position the previous day. ^[2]
• 8 July – A law introducing value added tax is passed. ^[4]

October – December

• 22 November – A Luxair flight from Frankfurt hits a snowback upon touchdown at Luxembourg-Findel. No-one is killed, but the plane is written off.
• December – Prime Minister Pierre Werner presents the Werner Plan on economic and monetary union in the European Union. ^[5]

Births

• 22 May – Nancy Kemp-Arendt, athlete and politician
• 29 May - Sandrine Cantoreggi, violinist

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. 172
4. Thewes (2006), p. 181
5. Thewes (2006), p. 176

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.