Jürgen Trumpf

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Jürgen Trumpf
High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
In office
1 May 1999 – 18 October 1999
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJavier Solana
Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
In office
1 September 1994 – 18 October 1999
Preceded by
Succeeded byJavier Solana
Personal details
Born (1931-07-08) 8 July 1931 (age 90)
Düsseldorf, Germany
EducationUniversity of Innsbruck

Jürgen Trumpf (born 8 July 1931, Düsseldorf) was appointed Secretary-General for the Council of the European Union and held the office from 1 September 1994 to 17 October 1999.

When the Amsterdam Treaty came into force, he briefly became the first High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy but a month later made way for Javier Solana at the Cologne European Summit.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
1994–1999
Succeeded by
Javier Solana
New office High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
1999


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