biography
pronunciation:
[sãtair]
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| (1937– )
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| biography:
| Statesman, prime minister of Luxembourg (1984–95), and president of the European Commission (1995– 9), born in Wasserbillig, E Luxembourg. He studied law at the universities of Strasbourg and Paris, and attended the Institute of Political Science in Paris. Entering politics, he became secretary to the Christian Social People's Party (1966–72), secretary-general (1972–4), and president (1974–82). In 1975 he became a member of the European Parliament, and in 1984 was elected Luxembourg's prime minister, serving three successive terms in office. He became president of the European Commission as a compromise choice, after Britain vetoed the selection of Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene. He resigned in 1999, along with the entire Commission, following the publication of a damning report on corruption and maladministration within the European bureaucracy. In the same year he was elected to the European Parliament. |
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