1965 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

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. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 164
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 168
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 160
↑ 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.

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