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Delors, Jacques
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- Delors, Jacques Lucien Jean
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Dates of existence
1925-
History
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors, born July 20, 1925, in Paris, France, was a French statesman who was president of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Community from 1985 to 1995. Delors joined the Socialist Party in 1974 and in 1976 became the party’s national delegate for international economic relations. In 1979 he was elected to the European Parliament, where he served as chairman of the economic and monetary committee. In 1981 President François Mitterrand appointed Delors minister of economics and finance. Delors left government to become the president of the European Commission in 1985. He revitalized the EC, pushing through reforms and overseeing the entry into force of both the Single European Act (1987) and the Maastricht Treaty (1993), the latter of which created the EU.
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President of the European Commission: 1985–1995
Minister of Finance: 1981–1984
Member of the European Parliament: 1979–1981
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IE DCUA
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ISAAR (CPF)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2022-04-29
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- English