2019 in Luxembourg explained

Events from the year 2019 in Luxembourg.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Henri^[1]

• Prime Minister

Xavier Bettel

Events

• 9 August — A multiple-vortex, high-end F2 tornado tore directly through Rodange, Lamadelaine and Pétange, injuring 19 people and causing damage to many buildings, leaving as many as 100 buildings uninhabitable.^[2]

Deaths

February

• 11 February – Alix, Princess of Ligne, Princess of Luxembourg (b. 1929)
• 21 February
  • Bernard Berg, Luxembourgish politician (b. 1931)^[3]
  • Triny Bourkel, Luxembourgish Olympic athlete (b. 1927)^[4]

March

• 23 March – Ferd Lahure, Luxembourgish footballer (b. 1929)^[5]

April

• 23 April – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921)^[6]

July

• 3 July – Pol Cruchten, Luxembourgish film director (b. 1963)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Lansford . Tom . Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021 . 31 May 2021 . CQ Press . 978-1-5443-8473-3 . 2010 . en.
2. News: 10 August 2019 . Tornado injures 19 in Luxembourg as storms batter Europe . en-GB . The Telegraph . 5 November 2022 . 0307-1235.
3. http://www.rtl.lu/letzebuerg/1312304.html Fréiere laangjäregen LSAP-Minister Bernard "Benny" Berg gestuerwen
4. https://fr.memento.lu/page/triny-bourkel Triny Bourkel
5. https://www.memento.lu/trauerannoncen/ferdy-lahur Ferdy Lahur
6. http://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/luxembourg/breaking-grand-duke-jean-of-luxembourg-dies-at-the-age-of-98-119830 Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg dies at the age of 98
7. https://www.wort.lu/de/kultur/filmemacher-pol-cruchten-ist-tot-5d1cc581da2cc1784e34734d Filmemacher Pol Cruchten ist tot