Jürgen Trumpf (born 8 July 1931,

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) was appointed

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for the

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and held the office from 1 September 1994 to 17 October 1999. When the

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came into force, he briefly became the first

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but a month later made way for

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at the Cologne European Summit.

References

Jürgen Trumpf
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