Jürgen Trumpf

Jürgen Trumpf
High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
In office 1 May 1999 – 18 October 1999
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Javier Solana
Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
In office 1 September 1994 – 18 October 1999
Preceded by	Niels Ersbøll
Succeeded by	Javier Solana
Personal details
Born	(1931-07-08)8 July 1931 Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
Died	13 May 2023(2023-05-13) (aged 91) 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.

Sources

• Jürgen Trumpf – European Navigator (Retrieved 2 January 2011)