Dijsselbloem appointed Eurogroup president

EU News 26/2013

21 January 2013
Brussels

The Eurogroup today appointed Jeroen Dijsselbloem as its president for a term of two and a half years.

Mr Dijsselbloem is Finance Minister of The Netherlands, and will retain his post whilst chairing the Eurogroup.

He succeeds Jean-Claude Juncker, who has chaired the Eurogroup since 1 January 2005 and was its first-ever permanent president. Prior to Mr Juncker, the Eurogroup was chaired on a rotating basis. Nowadays the president is elected by a majority of its members, in line with the Protocol on the Eurogroup, which was introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon (protocol no. 14).

Source:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/134937.pdf

Mr Jeroen DIJSSELBLOEM, Dutch Minister for Finance. Photo Credit "The Council of the European Union". 2013/01/21. URL 

 

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