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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 byNiels Ersbøll
Succeeded byJavier Solana
Personal details
Born(1931-07-08)8 July 1931
Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
Died13 May 2023(2023-05-13) (aged 91)
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
EducationUniversity of Innsbruck

Jürgen Trumpf (8 July 1931 – 13 May 2023) was a German diplomat and politician. He 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.

Trumpf died on 13 May 2023, at the age of 91.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Jürgen Trumpf". trauer.ga.de. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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