1991 in Luxembourg

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See also:	History of Luxembourg; List of years in Luxembourg;

The following lists events that happened during 1991 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents edit

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean^[1]
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

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'.

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.

27 July – Rights to freedom of expression traditionally associated with print media are explicitly guaranteed with regard to electronic media.^[2]

October – RTL broadcasts the first ever daily news programme in Luxembourgish.^[3]
1 November – Jean Dupong is appointed President of the Council of State.^[4]

^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-317-63939-8.
^ Thewes (2006), p. 214
^ Thewes (2006), p. 217
^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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.