1978 in Luxembourg

← 1977 1976 1975 1978 in Luxembourg → 1979 1980 1981
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1978 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean [1]
Prime Minister	Gaston Thorn
Deputy Prime Minister	Bernard Berg
President of the Chamber of Deputies	René Van Den Bulcke
President of the Council of State	Ferdinand Wirtgen (until 1 October) Roger Maul (from 1 October)
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

• 1 January – The communes of Asselborn, Boevange, Hachiville, and Oberwampach are merged to form the new commune of Wincrange.

April – June

• 12 April – Louis Pilot is appointed the Luxembourg national football team's new coach.
• 22 April – Representing Luxembourg, Baccara finishes seventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song Parlez-vous français? .
• 11 June – Belgium's Ludo Peeters wins the 1978 Tour de Luxembourg.

October – December

• 1 October – Roger Maul is appointed President of the Council of State to replace Ferdinand Wirtgen. ^[2]
• 15 November – Abortion is legalised. ^[3]
• 5 December – Divorce by determined cause is permitted. ^[4]
• 23 December – Charles Reiffers is appointed to the Council of State. ^[2]

Unknown

• General Motors shuts down operations at its factory in Bascharage. ^[5]
• FC Progrès Niedercorn wins the 1977-78 National Division title.

Births

• 8 May - Patrick Galbats, photographer
• 3 July – Kim Kirchen, cyclist
• 9 September – Alvin Jones, basketball player
• 29 October – Alwin de Prins, swimmer

Deaths

• 12 March – Léon Lommel, clergyman
• 15 March – Arthur Useldinger, politician
• 29 March – Eugène Schaus, politician
• 3 November - Edouard Kutter, photographer

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. 188
4. Thewes (2006), p. 190
5. Thewes (2006), p. 187

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.