Jürgen Trumpf Explained

Jürgen Trumpf
Office:High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
Term Start:1 May 1999
Term End:18 October 1999
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Javier Solana
Office1:Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
Term Start1:1 September 1994
Term End1:18 October 1999
Predecessor1:Niels Ersbøll
Successor1:Javier Solana
Birth Date:1931 7, df=y
Birth Place:Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
Death Place:Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Education:University 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]

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  1. Web site: Jürgen Trumpf . trauer.ga.de . 24 May 2023 . 23 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230523183333/https://trauer.ga.de/traueranzeige/juergen-trumpf . live .