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2001 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 2001 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Incumbents edit
| Position | Incumbent |
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| Grand Duke | Henri[1] |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Lydie Polfer |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | Jean Spautz |
| President of the Council of State | Raymond Kirsch (until 13 January) Marcel Sauber (from 15 January) |
| Mayor of Luxembourg City | Paul Helminger |
Events edit
January – March edit
- 19 February – Agreement of merger between Arbed, Usinor, and Aceralia to form Arcelor.
- 23 February – Grand Duke Henri amends the grand ducal coat of arms.
- 26 February – The district tribunal of Luxembourg City opens an investigation into the Clearstream Affair.
- 28 March – SES Astra announces that the company will be reconstituted as SES Global (now just SES), and that the new group will buy GE Americom from GE Capital for $2.4bn of cash and $3.5bn of shares.
April – June edit
- 3 May – Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his seventh State of the Nation address.
- 15 May – André Lussi is suspended as CEO of Clearstream.
- 24 May – FC Etzella Ettelbruck win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Wiltz 71 5–3 in the final.
- 16 June – SES Astra launches its Astra 2C satellite.
- 17 June – Jorgen Bo Petersen wins the 2001 Tour de Luxembourg, with Fassa Bortolo picking up the team title.
July – September edit
- 17 July – The commune of Bettborn is renamed 'Préizerdaul'.
October – December edit
- 2 October – La Voix du Luxembourg is launched as a separate newspaper, having previously been a French-language supplement of the Luxemburger Wort.
- 1 November – Allan Simonsen replaces Paul Philipp as coach of the Luxembourg national football team.
- 9 November – SES Global (now SES) is established, with SES Astra as its subsidiary.
- 12 November – SES Global completes its acquisition of GE Americom.
- 16 November – The section of the A7 motorway between Schoenfels and Schieren opens.[2]
- 16 November – The construction of the A13 road, between Bettembourg and Schengen, is authorised.
- 29 November – Luxembourg ratifies the Kyoto Protocol, although does not deposit it until all other EU member are ready to do so.
- 31 December – André Lussi is dismissed as CEO of Clearstream.
Unknown date edit
- Unknown – Denis Robert and Ernest Backes release the book Révélation$, describing the Clearstream Affair as the 'greatest financial scandal in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg'.
Deaths edit
- 24 November – Mett Clemens, cyclist
References edit
- ^ Lansford, Tom (31 May 2021). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. p. 2010. ISBN 978-1-5443-8473-3.
- ^ (in French). Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2008.