1997 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 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Deputy Prime Minister	Jacques Poos
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Jean Spautz
President of the Council of State	Paul Beghin
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Lydie Polfer

[edit] Events

[edit] January - March

[edit] April - June

• 17 May – The Compagnie Grand-Ducale d'Électricité du Luxembourg is renamed 'Cegedel'.
• 31 May – Jeunesse Esch win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Union Luxembourg 2-0 in the final.
• 15 June – Belgium's Frank Vandenbroucke wins the 1997 Tour de Luxembourg.

[edit] July - September

[edit] October - December

• October – Luxair places an order for two Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets following the airline’s decision to create an all-jet fleet.
• 2 December – SES Astra launches its seventh satellite, Astra 1G.

[edit] Deaths

• 5 February – Norbert Ketter, photographer
• 14 March – Nicolas Morn, cyclist
• 29 April – Will Reuland, writer
• 8 July – Joseph Probst, artist
• 5 December – Jim Kirchen, cyclist