Jacques Poos

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Jacques Poos (born 3 June 1935) is a Luxembourgian politician.

He has a PhD in economics and is a long-time member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. As the foreign minister of Luxembourg he held Presidency of the Council of the European Union for three half-year terms in 1985, 1991 and 1997. In 1991 he was one of the negotiators of the Brioni Agreement that ended the ten-day war in Slovenia. In May of that year, upon disembarking from an airplane en route to beginning negotiations, he declared, "The hour of Europe has dawned."

Political offices
Preceded by Colette Flesch	Deputy Prime Minister 1984 – 1999	Succeeded by Lydie Polfer
Preceded by Colette Flesch	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1984 – 1999	Succeeded by Lydie Polfer
Preceded by Marc Fischbach	Minister for Defence 1989 – 1994	Succeeded by Alex Bodry