1975 in Luxembourg

← 1974 1973 1972 1975 in Luxembourg → 1976 1977 1978
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean [1]
Prime Minister	Gaston Thorn
Deputy Prime Minister	Raymond Vouel
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Antoine Wehenkel René Van Den Bulcke
President of the Council of State	Maurice Sevenig (until 26 June) Emile Raus (from 26 June)
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

• 6 February - A law is passed legalising divorce by mutual consent. ^[2]
• 22 March – Representing Luxembourg, Geraldine Branigan finishes fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song Toi .

July – September

• 21 July - Annette Schwall-Lacroix is appointed to the Council of State. ^[3]
• 16 September - Prime Minister Gaston Thorn is appointed President of the United Nations General Assembly. ^[4]

Unknown

• Gross domestic product falls by 6.1%, mostly due to a collapse in the steel price.

Births

• 17 October – Anne Kremer, tennis player

Deaths

• 5 February - Foni Tissen, artist
• 8 March – Joseph Bech, politician
• 8 May – Pol Albrecht, composer
• 1 October - Eugène Rodenbourg, member of the Council of State ^[3]

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. Thewes (2006), p. 188
3. "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
4. Thewes (2006), p. 190

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.