Jacques Santer

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Jacques Santer (born May 18, 1937 in Wasserbillig ) is a Luxembourg politician of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and Honorary Minister of State of Luxembourg.

Luxembourgish politics

During a government reshuffle on September 19, 1972, Jacques Santer was appointed State Secretary in the Werner-Schaus II government. This was replaced by the Thorn-Vouel-Berg government on June 15, 1974 after the 1974 chamber election . Santer became party leader of the CSV in 1974 and held this office until 1982. After the 1979 chamber election , the Werner-Thorn-Flesch government was constituted on July 16, 1979 ; Santer became Minister of Finance, Labor and Social Affairs. After the 1984 election of the Chamber , the government of Santer-Poos I was in office from July 20, 1984 to July 14, 1989 ; Santer was Prime Minister , Minister of Finance and Minister of State. The Santer-Poos II government was in office until July 13, 1994 . Santer was Prime Minister, Minister of Culture (until January 1995) and Minister of State. After the chamber election in 1994 , the coalition of CSV and LSAP that had existed since 1984 was continued; Santer remained Prime Minister. When Santer became President of the European Commission in January 1995 , Jean-Claude Juncker succeeded him as Prime Minister.

International offices

He was also a member of the Board of Governors of the World Bank from 1984 to 1989 and governor of the International Monetary Fund from 1991 to 1994 .

Offices in the European Union

Santer became President of the European Commission on January 23, 1995 . A report on corruption cases that affected some EU commissioners led to the resignation of the entire Santer Commission , which had actually been appointed until September, on March 15, 1999 , followed by the Marín Commission .

From 1975 to 1979 he was a member of the European Parliament and also Vice-President. In 1999 he became a member of the European Parliament again and in 2002 a member of the European Convention . He held both until 2004, since then he has been a member of the Board of Directors of RTL Group .

Since May 2013 Santer has been Honorary President of SME Europe , the official economic wing of the European People's Party .

See also

literature

  • Frank Engel Ed .: Festschrift for JS- Hommage à JS Saint-Paul, Luxembourg ISBN 9782879636740 (not listed at the German National Library)

Web links

Commons : Jacques Santer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Board. Honorary Presidents. In: SME Europe. SME Europe, accessed June 27, 2019 (UK English).
personal data
SURNAME Santer, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg politician, MEP and Prime Minister of Luxembourg
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Water cheap