Jacques Poos

Jacques Poos (born 3 June 1935) is a Luxembourg 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." Template:Start box Template:Succession box Template:End box