Jean-Claude Juncker: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
move image
No edit summary
Line 21:
'''Jean-Claude Juncker''' (born 9 December 1954) is a politician in [[Luxembourg]] and has been [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg|Prime Minister]] since succeeding [[Jacques Santer]] on 20 January 1995. He is the [[List of current longest ruling non-royal leaders|longest standing head of government]] with undisputed democratic credentials in the world.
 
Elected to the [[Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg|Chamber of Deputies]] for the [[Christian Social People's Party]] [[Luxembourgian legislative election, 1984|in 1984]] and was immediately promoted to [[Santer-Poos Ministry I|JacqueJacques Santer's cabinet]] as Minister for Work. He was Luxembourg's [[Minister for Finances of Luxembourg|Minister for Finances]] from 1989 to 2009, and became Prime Minister when Santer became [[President of the European Commission]] in 1995. He has been President of the [[Euro Group]] since the creation of a semi-permanent position in 2005. In his capacity of Prime Minister, he also served two six-month terms as [[President of the European Council]], in 1997 and 2005.
 
==Early life and education==