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Jacques Santer

Personal data
Date of birth18 May 1937
Place of birthWasserbillig
NationalityLuxembourgian
Political partyChristian Social People's Party
ReligionRoman Catholic
22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
In office20 July 1984 - 5 January 1995
Succeeded byJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byPierre Werner
9th President of the European Commission
In office1995 - 15 March 1999
Succeeded byManuel Marín
Preceded byJacques Delors

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Jacques Santer (born 18 May 1937 in Wasserbillig) is a Luxembourg politician.

He was finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party, which has been the leading party in the Luxembourg government since 1979. 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.Santer became the ninth President of the European Commission in 1995 as a compromise choice between the United Kingdom and a Franco-German alliance, after the Franco-German nominee Jean-Luc Dehaene was vetoed by British prime minister John Major. Santer selection was barely ratified by a European Parliament upset with the process for which Commission presidents are selected.

In the same year, 1995, Santer became the first recipient of the Vision for Europe Award.

Allegations of corruption concerning individual EU-commissioners led to an investigation into administrative failings (incompetence and malpractice) by an independent group of experts. Despite clearing most commissioners, the report stated that they had not found a single person showing the slightest sense of responsibility. Because the implicated commissioners refused to resign and because the President of the European Commission did not have the power to dismiss individual commissioners, Santer and his entire commission resigned on 15 March 1999, the very day of the report's publication (see Santer Commission: Resignation).

From 1999 until 2004, Santer was a member of the European Parliament. He also was on General Mediterranean Holdings' board, a financial holding owned by Anglo-Iraqi Nadhmi Auchi.



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Luxemburger Wort--„Es gibt selten Menschen, die auf solche Weise mit der Entwicklung eines Landes identifiziert werden können“, sagt sein späterer Nachfolger -Jacques Santer-. ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:50:30 GMT+00:00
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Diario Digital Nuestro País---...- desde luego, no se muerde la lengua", había comentado de ella el ex presidente de la Comisión Europea, -Jacques Santer-, también luxemburgués. ... - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:52:40 GMT+00:00
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Jyllands-Posten--Det tog også Prodis forgænger, -Jacques Santer-, fire år at udlevere den dengang fortrolige telefonbog over kommissionens ansatte. ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:00:42 GMT+00:00
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AFP---...- tiene principios y no se muerde la lengua", dice de ella el ex primer ministro francés y ex presidente de la Comisión Europea -Jacques Santer-. ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:10:14 GMT+00:00
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WELT ONLINE--Dort war, unter dem hohen und riskanten Einsatz der Premierminister Pierre Werner und -Jacques Santer-, 1985 die Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) ... - Date : Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:05:48 GMT+00:00
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Diari de Tarragona---Jacques Santer-, entonces presidente del Ejecutivo comunitario, tuvo que asumir la política parisina de hechos consumados cuando, mientras esperaba esa ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:44:26 GMT+00:00
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La Voz de Galicia---...- tiene principios y no se muerde la lengua», dice de ella el ex primer ministro francés y ex presidente de la Comisión Europea -Jacques Santer-. ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:33:46 GMT+00:00
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El Diario Montañés---Jacques Santer-, entonces al frente del Ejecutivo comunitario, tuvo que asumir la política gala de hechos consumados cuando, mientras esperaba esa ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:27:26 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Jacques Poos
Minister for Finances
1979 - 1989
Succeeded by
Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by
Pierre Werner
Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1984 - 1995
Succeeded by
Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by
Jacques Delors
President of the European Commission
1995 - 1999
Succeeded by
Manuel Marín
Party political offices
Preceded by
Nicolas Mosar
President of the CSV
1974 - 1982
Succeeded by
Jean Spautz

Prime Ministers of Luxembourg

Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine * Jean-Jacques Willmar * Charles-Mathias Simons * Baron de Tornaco * Emmanuel Servais * Baron de Blochausen * Édouard Thilges * Paul Eyschen * Mathias Mongenast * Hubert Loutsch * Victor Thorn * Léon Kauffman * Émile Reuter * Pierre Prüm * Joseph Bech * Pierre Dupong * Joseph Bech * Pierre Frieden * Pierre Werner * Gaston Thorn * Pierre Werner * Jacques Santer * Jean-Claude Juncker

European Commission Presidents and their Commissions

ECSC: Jean Monnet (1952) * René Mayer (1955) * Paul Finet (1958) * Piero Malvestiti (1959) * Rinaldo Del Bo (1963) * Albert Coppé (1963)
EAEC: Louis Armand (1958) * Étienne Hirsch (1959) * Pierre Chatenet (1962)
---- EEC: Walter Hallstein (1958)2 EC: Jean Rey (1967) * Franco Maria Malfatti (1970) * Sicco Mansholt (1972) *
François-Xavier Ortoli (1973) * Roy Jenkins (1977) * Gaston Thorn (1981) * Jacques Delors (1985)2
EU: Jacques Delors (1993) * Jacques Santer (1995) * Manuel Marín (1999) * Romano Prodi (1999) * José Manuel Barroso (2004)2

Werner-Schaus II (1969 � 1974)

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