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Jacques Delors
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Person

Jacques Delors

1925 – 2023 · aged 98

French economist and politician (1925–2023)

Born
20 Jul 1925 · 14th arrondissement of Paris
Died
27 Dec 2023 · 5th arrondissement of Paris
Part ofRoman Catholic1561 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 20 Jul 1925BornBorn in 14th arrondissement of Paris
  2. 1979 – 1981RoleMember of the European Parliament
  3. 1981 – 1983RoleMinister of the Economy, Finances and Industry
  4. 1983 – 1984RoleMinister of the Economy, Finances and Industry
  5. 1983 – 1984RoleMayor of Clichy
  6. 1985 – 1995RolePresident of the European Commission
  7. 1985AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  8. 1985AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  9. 1986AwardGrand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
  10. 1987AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
  11. 1989AwardPrincess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
  12. 1990AwardFour Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal
  13. 1990AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
  14. 1991AwardBavarian Order of Merit
  15. 1992AwardCharlemagne Prize
  16. 1994AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca
  17. 1995AwardErnst Reuter Medal
  18. 1995AwardRobert Schuman Medal
  19. 27 Dec 2023DiedDied in 5th arrondissement of Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1925 – 2023).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (French: [ʒak lysjɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dəlɔʁ]; 20 July 1925 – 27 December 2023) was a French politician who served as president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. Delors played a key role in the creation of the European single market, the euro and the evolution of the (then) European Economic Community (EEC) towards the modern European Union (EU).

As president of the European Commission (EC), Delors was the most visible and influential leader in European affairs. He proposed policies that closely linked the member nations together and promoted greater union. Executing the decisions of the European Council, he established a single market that made possible the free movement of goods, capital, services, and workers (known collectively as the "four freedoms of the European Union"). He also headed the Delors Committee, which proposed the monetary union to create the euro, a new single currency to replace individual national currencies. This was achieved when member states ratified the Maastricht Treaty in 1992.

Delors was a member of the French Socialist Party. Before becoming president of the EC, he was France's finance minister from 1981 to 1984, and a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1981.

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