1984 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  Births

• 3 June – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
• 30 August – Jeff Henckels, archer
• 3 September – David Fiegen, athlete

  Deaths

• 29 June – Victor Bodson, politician
• 29 August – Camille Ney, politician
• 4 October - Albert Berchem, politician

  Footnotes