1970 in Luxembourg
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The following lists events that happened during 1970 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
| Position | Incumbent |
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Grand Duke
|
Jean[1] |
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
- 1 January - Value added tax (TVA) is introduced at 8%, with a reduced rate of 4%.[2]
- 4 March – Cargolux is founded.
- 21 March – Representing Luxembourg, nul points'.
April – June
- 20 May - Portuguese Luxembourgers.[2]
- 28 May - Luxembourg and Yugoslavia sign a treaty governing the migration of Yugoslavs to Luxembourg.[2]
July – September
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October – December
- 11 November - Alfred Loesch is appointed to the Council of State.[3]
- 2 December – One of Cargolux's two CL-44's crashes in East Pakistan while conducting a humanitarian airlift, killing four crew members and four villagers.
- 9 December - Legislation sets the workweek at 40 hours.[4]
Births
- 16 August - Patrick Santer, politician[3]
Deaths
- 8 April – Felix of Bourbon-Parma, prince consort[3]
Footnotes
- ISBN 978-1-317-63939-8.
- ^ a b c Thewes (2006), p. 178
- ^ a b c "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 181
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.
