1989 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Position Incumbent
Grand Duke Jean
Prime Minister Jacques Santer
Deputy Prime Minister Jacques Poos
President of the Chamber of Deputies

Léon Bollendorff
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges
President of the Council of State Georges Thorn
Mayor of Luxembourg City Lydie Polfer

Events

January – March

  • 5 February – SES' Astra 1A satellite starts broadcasting, beginning SES's dominance of the European satellite communication market.

April – June

  • 19 April – 150th anniversary of Luxembourg's independence.[1]
  • 6 May – Representing Luxembourg, Park Cafe finish twentieth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song Monsieur.
  • 13 June – The constitution is amended in numerous ways, affecting electoral eligibility requirements, expanding education access, and requiring counter-signature of Grand Ducal decree.
  • 18 June – Legislative and European elections are held. The four established parties all lose ground to three new parties: Action Committee 5/6, GAP, and GLEI.[2]

July – September

October – December

  • 12 November – The Action Committee 5/6 Pensions for Everyone changes its name to 'Action Committee 5/6'.

Deaths

  • 6 February – Jean-Pierre Koltz, historian
  • 27 February – Christiane Schlechter-Wirtz, cabaret artist
  • 30 July – Evy Friedrich, film critic

Footnotes

  1. Thewes (2006), p. 208
  2. Thewes (2006), p. 210
  3. Thewes (2006), p. 215
gollark: If you're going for a low performance server you should possibly use containers for less overhead.
gollark: Praise systemd.
gollark: *should really use spare 1TB old laptop drive for backups or something but doesn't*
gollark: *has 1TB unredundantly*
gollark: There are no good printers. Only less evil ones.

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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