1991 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Jacques Santer
Deputy Prime Minister	Jacques Poos
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Erna Hennicot-Schoepges
President of the Council of State	Georges Thorn (until 30 October) Jean Dupong (from 1 November)
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Lydie Polfer

Events

January – March

1 January - Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.
2 February – Fernand Franck is ordained as the new Archbishop of Luxembourg.
2 March – SES launches its second satellite, Astra 1B.
25 March – The commune of Berg is renamed 'Colmar-Berg'.

April – June

4 May – Representing Luxembourg, Sarah Bray finishes fourteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song Un baiser volé.
16 June – The Netherlands' Gert-Jan Theunisse wins the 1991 Tour de Luxembourg.
28–29 June – Luxembourg hosts its meeting of the European Council, at which the draft Treaty of Maastricht is considered.

July – September

27 July – Rights to freedom of expression traditionally associated with print media are explicitly guaranteed with regard to electronic media.^[1]

October – December

October – RTL broadcasts the first ever daily news programme in Luxembourgish.^[2]
1 November – Jean Dupong is appointed President of the Council of State.^[3]

Births

16 February – Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg

Deaths

18 June – Tony Bourg, writer
10 October – Adrien Ries, economist
21 December – Jempi Kemmer, composer

Footnotes

↑ Thewes (2006), p. 214
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 217
↑ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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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