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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