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Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxembourgish: [ʒ̊ɑːn kloːd ˈjʊŋkɐ]) (born 9 December 1954) is a politician in Luxembourg and has been Prime Minister since succeeding Jacques Santer on 20 January 1995. He is the longest standing head of government of any European Union state. He has been President of the Euro Group, the political control over the Euro currency, since the creation of a semi-permanent position in 2005.
Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Social People's Party in 1984, Juncker was immediately promoted to Jacques Santer's cabinet as Minister for Work. He was Luxembourg's Minister for Finances from 1989 to 2009, and became Prime Minister when Santer became President of the European Commission in 1995. In his capacity of Prime Minister, he also served two six-month terms as President of the European Council, in 1997 and 2005.
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