2001 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 2.5 Unknown date 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Henri
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

[edit] Events

[edit] January – March

• 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.

[edit] April – June

• 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.

[edit] July – September

• 17 July – The commune of Bettborn is renamed 'Préizerdaul'.

[edit] October – December

• 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.^[1]
• 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.

[edit] Unknown date

• 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'.

[edit] Deaths

• 24 November – Mett Clemens, cyclist

[edit] References