Jacques Poos
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Jacques Poos (born 3 June 1935) is a Luxembourgian politician.
He has a PhD in economics and is a long-time member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. As the foreign minister of Luxembourg he held Presidency of the Council of the European Union for three half-year terms in 1985, 1991 and 1997. In 1991 he was one of the negotiators of the Brioni Agreement that ended the ten-day war in Slovenia. In May of that year, upon disembarking from an airplane en route to beginning negotiations, he declared, "The hour of Europe has dawned."
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| Preceded by Colette Flesch |
Deputy Prime Minister 1984 – 1999 |
Succeeded by Lydie Polfer |
| Preceded by Colette Flesch |
Minister for Foreign Affairs 1984 – 1999 |
Succeeded by Lydie Polfer |
| Preceded by Marc Fischbach |
Minister for Defence 1989 – 1994 |
Succeeded by Alex Bodry |
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