1984 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner (until 20 July) Jacques Santer (from 20 July)
Deputy Prime Minister	Colette Flesch (until 20 July) Jacques Poos (from 20 July)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Léon Bollendorff
President of the Council of State	François Goerens
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Lydie Polfer

Events

January – March

8 February - American Vice President George H. W. Bush begins a two-day official visit to Luxembourg.
24 February – Luxembourgish is declared to be the 'national language' of Luxembourg, and one of the three official languages, alongside French and German.^[1]

April – June

5 May – Luxembourg City hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 after Corinne Hermès's victory the previous year. Representing Luxembourg, Sophie Carle finishes tenth with the song 100% d'amour.
17 June – Legislative and European elections are held. The LSAP increases its representation in the Chamber of Deputies by half.^[2]

July – September

20 July – Pierre Werner resigns his position as Prime Minister to retire from politics. Jacques Santer forms a new government, with Jacques Poos as his deputy.^[2]

October – December

18 October - Luxembourger Marcel Mart becomes President of the European Court of Auditors.
24 December - A law is passed creating a new system of automatically indexing wages and benefits to inflation.^[3]

Births

3 June – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
30 August – Jeff Henckels, archer
3 September – David Fiegen, athlete

Deaths

29 June – Victor Bodson, politician
29 August – Camille Ney, politician
4 October - Albert Berchem, politician

Footnotes

↑ Thewes (2006), p. 202
1 2 Thewes (2006), p. 204
↑ Thewes (2006), p. 207

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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