1998 in Luxembourg

none December 2022 in Luxembourg 19th Century 20th century 21st century 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000–20092000s 2010s 2020s The following lists events that happened during 1998 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Incumbents Position Incumbent Grand Duke JeanEast Roger Thomas Richard J. Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders 3 June 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-63939-8 359 https://books.google.com/books?id=gJG3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT359 en Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker Deputy Prime Minister Jacques Poos President of the Chamber of Deputies Jean Spautz President of the Council of State Paul Beghin Mayor of Luxembourg City Lydie Polfer Events January – March 30 January – Marc Fischbach and Johny Lahure resign from the government, and are replaced by Luc Frieden and Georges Wohlfart. April – June 28 April – Grand Duke Jean declares his eldest son, Hereditary Grand Duke Henri, to be his Lieutenant Representative. 23 May – CS Grevenmacher win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Avenir Beggen 2–0 in the final. 28-29 May – NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Luxembourg City. 1 June – The Banque Centrale du Luxembourg is established.Bank Profitability: Methodological Country Notes 2000 18 July 2000 OECD Publishing 978-92-64-18217-2 108 https://books.google.com/books?id=TmIugHiu2L8C&pg=PA108 en 14 June – The United States' Lance Armstrong wins the 1998 Tour de Luxembourg. July – September 30 August – SES launches its eighth satellite, Astra 2A. 27 September – The 1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix is held: not in Luxembourg, but at the Nürburgring, in the nearby German town of Nürburg. October – December 5 November – The Saint Esprit Tunnel is officially renamed the 'René Konen Tunnel' after former Democratic Party politician René Konen. 31 December – The exchange rate between the Luxembourgian franc and the ECU at close of trading is 40.3399. This rate is then fixed as the level at which Luxembourg would join the Euro. Births Deaths 28 February – Elsy Jacobs, cyclist 30 September – Émile Krieps, politician and resistance leader References 1998 Category:Years of the 20th century in Luxembourg Luxembourg