1968 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

April – June

• 6 April – Representing Luxembourg, Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel finish eleventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song Nous vivrons d'amour.

  July – September

• 5 August – A law reforming secondary education is passed.

  October – December

• 5 October – A law changing the criteria for eligibility to sit in the Chamber of Deputies is passed.
• 29 October – Disagreements over the budget for the following year lead to the collapse of the Werner-Cravatte Ministry.
• 15 December – Legislative elections are held. In the Chamber of Deputies, the DP wins five extra seats, reversing their losses in 1964.
• 16 December - Paul Wilwertz resigns from the Council of State to take up his seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

  Births

• 12 June – Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg
• 30 December – Marc Lies, politician

  Deaths

• 12 October – Jean Gallion, politician

  Footnotes