1996 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Deaths
4 Footnotes

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
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

April – June

8 April – SES launches its sixth satellite, Astra 1F.
25 May – Union Luxembourg win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Jeunesse Esch 3-1 in the final.
9 June – Italy's Alberto Elli wins the 1996 Tour de Luxembourg.
June – National Museum of Natural History moves to its new premises in Grund, in Luxembourg City.

July – September

August – The section of the A7 motorway between Erpeldange and Friedhaff opens.^[1]
23 September - The section of the A1 motorway between Irrgarten and Kirchberg opens, completing the motorway and also the south-eastern bypass of Luxembourg City.^[1]

October – December

Deaths

Unknown – René Spielmann, artist

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b (French) "Evolution du réseau autoroutier". Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. http://www.pch.public.lu/reseau_routier/autoroutes/evolution/index.html. Retrieved 29 December 2008.