1991 in Luxembourg

none 1991 The following lists events that happened during 1991 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 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.Thewes (2011), p. 214 October – December October – RTL broadcasts the first ever daily news programme in Luxembourgish.Thewes (2011), p. 217 1 November – Jean Dupong is appointed President of the Council of State.http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html Membres depuis 1857 2009-04-05 Council of State fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091103102814/http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html 2009-11-03 Births 16 February – Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg Deaths 18 June – Tony Bourg, writer 10 October – Adrien Ries, economist 21 December – Jempi Kemmer, composer Footnotes References Thewes Guy Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/brochure-livre/minist-etat/sip/livre/gouvernements_depuis_1848_-_version_2011/Gouvernements_depuis_1848-version_2011.pdf 1 May 2026 2011 2011 Service Information et Presse Luxembourg City 978-2-87999-156-6 fr 1991