2004 in Luxembourg

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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 January – March 2.2 April – June 2.3 July – September 2.4 October – December 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Footnotes

[edit] Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Henri
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Deputy Prime Minister	Lydie Polfer (until 31 July) Jean Asselborn (from 31 July)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Jean Spautz (until 13 July) Jean Asselborn (13 July – 30 July) Lucien Weiler (from 30 July)
President of the Council of State	Pierre Mores
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Paul Helminger

[edit] Events

[edit] January – March

• 5 February – SES Americom launches its AMC-10 satellite.

[edit] April – June

• 27 April – Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his tenth State of the Nation address.
• 16 May – The 2003-04 season of the National Division finishes, with Jeunesse Esch winning the title.
• 19 May – SES Americom launches its AMC-11 satellite.
• 22 May – F91 Dudelange win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Etzella Ettelbruck 3-1 after extra time in the final.
• 30 May – Maxime Monfort wins the 2004 Tour de Luxembourg, with Quick Step-Davitamon picking up the team title.
• 13 June – Legislative and European elections are held. The CSV add five seats in the Chamber, mostly at the expense of the DP, and one in the European Parliament from the LSAP.

[edit] July – September

• 19 July – Ministers and ministerial briefs are reorganised in an attempt to hold together the coalition between the CSV and the DP.
• 21 July – Luxembourgish Wikipedia is launched.
• 31 July – Jean-Claude Juncker forms a new government, with Jean Asselborn as his deputy.
• 7 August – The 2004-05 season of the National Division kicks off.
• 27 September – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal, pays a state visit.

[edit] October – December

• 15 October – SES Americom launches its AMC-15 satellite.
• 15 October - Romain Nati is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Nicolas Schmit, who resigned in July.^[1]
• 19 November – The constitution is amended.
• 24 November – The wife and four children of Prince Jean are granted the titles of 'Prince(ss) of Nassau', replacing their titles of 'Count(ess)'.
• 30 November – The Luxembourg investigation into the Clearstream Affair is dropped under the statute of limitations.
• 17 December – SES Americom launches its AMC-16 satellite.
• 20 December – Guy Hellers replaces Allan Simonsen as coach of the Luxembourg national football team.

[edit] Births

• 13 July – Prince Jean of Nassau

[edit] Deaths

• 6 January – Nicolas Mosar, politician
• 19 February – Josy Mersch, cyclist
• 24 June – Marc Zanussi, politician
• 1 July – Paul Beghin, politician and jurist^[1]
• 22 September – Nico Weber, linguist
• 21 October – Jean Dondelinger, diplomat and politician
• 1 November – Aly Bintz, actor and singer
• 21 December – Prince Lennart, Duke of Småland

[edit] Footnotes