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Years in Luxembourg:	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Deaths
4 Footnotes
5 References

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Eugène Schaus
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Pierre Grégoire
President of the Council of State	Maurice Sevenig
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

9 January - The Palais de Justice, housing the European Court of Justice, is opened on the Kirchberg plateau, Luxembourg City, marking the start of the development of the 'European quarter'.
25 March – Representing Luxembourg, Vicky Leandros wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song Apres Toi.

April – June

12 April - The government buys Bourscheid Castle, which had been declared an historic monument in 1936.

July – September

19 September - Madeleine Frieden is forced to resign as secretary of state. Future Prime Minister Jacques Santer is brough into the government.^[1]

October – December

22 October – The Luxembourg national football team beats Turkey 2-0 in Luxembourg City, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1969.
24 October – Robert Schaack is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
11 November – Fernand Zurn is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
24 November – Joseph Foog is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
7 December – Edmond Reuter is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
12 December - A law is passed on marriage, regulating the rights and responsibilities of wives.^[3]
19 November – Albert Goedert is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
22 December - The original Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union treaty expires, after fifty years. It is renewed for another ten.

Deaths

7 January – Jacques Mangers, clergyman
January – Henri Tosseng, cyclist
5 August - Prosper Link, administrator

Footnotes

^ Thewes (2006), p. 172
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e (French) "Membres depuis 1857". Council of State. http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
^ Thewes (2006), p. 181

References

(French) Thewes, Guy (2006) (PDF). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/gouvernement/gouvernements_depuis_1848/Les_gouv_2006.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

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