Jacques Santer

Jacques Santer
Santer in 1996
President of the European Commission
In office
25 January 1995 – 15 March 1999
Vice PresidentLeon Brittan
Preceded byJacques Delors
Succeeded byManuel Marín (Acting)
22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
In office
20 July 1984 – 26 January 1995
MonarchJean
Preceded byPierre Werner
Succeeded byJean-Claude Juncker
Minister of Finances
In office
16 July 1979 – 14 July 1989
Prime MinisterPierre Werner
Himself
Preceded byJacques Poos
Succeeded byJean-Claude Juncker
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
10 June 1979 – 4 January 1995
Personal details
Born
Jacques Louis Santer

(1937-05-18) 18 May 1937 (age 87)
Wasserbillig, Luxembourg
Political party
SpouseDanièle Binot (m. 1967)
ChildrenPatrick, Jérôme
Alma mater

Jacques Santer (born 18 May 1937)[1] is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the ninth president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999. He served as the finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and the 22nd prime minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which was the leading party in the Luxembourg government between 1979 and 2013. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg he also led the negotiations on the Single European Act, which effectively set aside the 20-year-old Luxembourg Compromise.

  1. ^ ""Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché depuis 1848." Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-03.