Jacques Poos

Jacques François Poos (3 June 1935 – 19 February 2022) was a Luxembourgish politician from the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP).Born in 1935, in Luxembourg, Poos was a trained economist and became a doctor of economics in 1961, when he graduated from the University of Lausanne.In May of that year, upon disembarking from an airplane en route to beginning negotiations, he declared, "The hour of Europe has dawned."[1] In 1999, Poos left the government and was elected as a Member of European Parliament, where he sat on the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, and was the draftsman for Cyprus' accession into the EU.In 2004, Poos retired from political life, but remained active as non-executive director in the boards of different national and international institutions and companies.
Poos and Jean-Claude Juncker in 1997
Member of the European ParliamentColette FleschRobert GoebbelsAstrid LullingJacques SanterClaude TurmesLuxembourgDeputy Prime Minister of LuxembourgJean-Claude JunckerLydie PolferMinister for FinancesGaston ThornRaymond VouelLuxembourg Socialist Workers' PartyParty of European SocialistsAlma materUniversity of LausanneTageblattPresidency of the Council of the European UnionBrioni AgreementTen-Day WarSloveniaSanter-Poos Ministry ISanter-Poos Ministry IISanter-Poos Ministry IIIJuncker-Poos MinistryThe GuardianWayback MachineDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Foreign AffairsMinister for the EconomyMarc FischbachMinister for DefenceAlex BodryMinister for the Police ForceBernard BergJosy BarthelJean HamiliusÉmile KriepsRobert KriepsMarcel MartJos WohlfartSanter-Poos IFernand BodenJohny LahureMarcel SchlechterJean SpautzRené SteichenSanter-Poos IIMarie-Josée JacobsMady Delvaux-StehresGeorges WohlfartSanter-Poos IIIJuncker-PoosLydie ErrLuc FriedenErna Hennicot-SchoepgesMichel Wolter