1984 in Luxembourg

← 1983 1982 1981 1984 in Luxembourg → 1985 1986 1987
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean [1]
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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

Births

• 3 June – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
• 15 August - Sascha Palgen, gymnast
• 30 August – Jeff Henckels, archer
• 3 September – David Fiegen, athlete

Deaths

• 29 June – Victor Bodson, 82, politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1964-1967), European Commissioner for Transport (1967-1970).
• 29 August – Camille Ney, 65, politician, Minister for Agriculture (1972-1974; 1979-1982).

Footnotes

1. 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.
2. Thewes (2006), p. 202
3. Thewes (2006), p. 204
4. 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.