title: Jürgen Trumpf
text: 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.
  
  References
  
  Sources 
  Jürgen Trumpf – European Navigator (Retrieved 2 January 2011)
  
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  1931 births
  2023 deaths
  German officials of the European Union
  Political office-holders of the European Union
  Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  Commanders of the Order of Prince Henry
  Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
  Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II
  Commanders of the Legion of Honour
  Politicians from Düsseldorf
  
  Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union