Jean-Claude Juncker was born on 9 December 1954 in Redange-sur-Attert.

Education and qualifications

• Master’s degree in law from the Law Faculty of the University of Strasbourg (1979)

 

 

 

 

Ministerial posts

• Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister for the Treasury (since 2009)
• Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister of Finance (2004-2009), Minister for Communications (2004-2006)
• Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister of Finance, Minister for Communications (1999-2004)
• Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister of Finance, Minister of Labour and Employment, Minister for the Treasury (1995-1999)
• Minister of Finance, Minister of Labour (1994-1995)
• Minister of Finance, Minister of Labour (1989-1994)
• Minister of Labour, Minister Delegate for the Budget (1984-1989)
• Secretary of State for Labour and Social Security (1982-1984)

 

 

Other political posts

• Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (since 1995)
• Chairman of the Christian Social Party (CSV) (1990-1995)
• Governor of the World Bank (1989-1995)
• Parliamentary secretary of the CSV (1979-1982)

Awards and distinctions

• Honorary senator of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2009)
• Doctor honoris causa of the University of Pittsburgh (2008)
• Doctor honoris causa of the University Robert Schuman of Strasbourg (2007)
• Foreign associate member to the Academy of Ethics and Political Science of the Institute of France (2007)
• Charlemagne Prize of Aachen (2006)
• Doctor honoris causa of the Democritus University of Thrace (2004)
• Honorary citizen of the city of Trier (2003)
• Doctor honoris causa of the University of Bucharest (2003)
• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic (2002)
• Doctor honoris causa of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Münster (2001)
• Doctor honoris causa of the Miami University (1998)