1980 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
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Years:	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 January – March 2.2 April – June 2.3 July – September 2.4 October – December 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Footnotes 6 References

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Gaston Thorn (until 22 November) Colette Flesch (from 22 November)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Léon Bollendorff
President of the Council of State	Alex Bonn (until 18 June) François Goerens (from 20 June)
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch (until 22 November) Camille Polfer (from 22 November)

Events

January – March

• 22 February – Minister Jean Wolter dies, and is replaced by Jean Spautz.^[1]

April – June

• 19 April – Representing Luxembourg, Sophie and Magaly finish ninth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song Papa Pingouin.
• 1 May – In football, Luxembourg beats Thailand 1-0: Luxembourg's first international victory since 1973.
• 9 May – The Luxembourgian national football team beats South Korea 3-2. This was Luxembourg's last international victory until 1995.
• 8 June – The Netherlands' Bert Oosterbosch wins the 1980 Tour de Luxembourg.

July – September

• 1 July – Footballer Robby Langers transfers from Union Luxembourg to German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

October – December

• 21 November – Gaston Thorn is named as President of the European Commission.^[2]
• 22 November – Gaston Thorn steps down as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg and is succeeded by Colette Flesch. Camille Polfer replaces Flesch as Mayor of Luxembourg City.^[1]

Births

• 15 April – Fränk Schleck, cyclist

Deaths

• 19 February – Philippe Schneider, film director
• 22 February – Jean Wolter, politician
• 27 June – Marcel Fischbach, politician
• 12 July – Arsène Mersch, cyclist
• 23 October – Auguste Trémont, artist

Footnotes

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.