<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Jean - Claude Juncker (Luxembourgish pronunciation: (ʒɑ̃ːkloːt ˈjuŋkɐ); born 9 December 1954) is a Luxembourgish politician serving as President of the European Commission since 2014 . From 1995 to 2013 he was the 23rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg, and from 1989 to 2009 he was the Minister for Finances . </P> <P> By the time he left office, he was the longest - serving head of any national government in the EU, and one of the longest - serving democratically elected leaders in the world, his tenure encompassing the height of the European financial and sovereign debt crisis . From 2005 to 2013, Juncker served as the first permanent President of the Eurogroup . </P> <P> In 2014, the European People's Party (EPP) had Juncker as its lead candidate, or Spitzenkandidat, for the Presidency of the Commission in the 2014 elections . This marked the first time that the Spitzenkandidat process was employed . Juncker is the first President that prior to the election has campaigned as a candidate for the position, a process introduced with the Treaty of Lisbon . The EPP won 220 out of 751 seats in the Parliament . On 27 June 2014, the European Council officially nominated Juncker for the position, and on 15 July 2014, the European Parliament elected him with a majority of 422 votes from a total of 729 cast . He succeeded José Manuel Barroso as President on 1 November 2014 . Juncker stated that his priorities would be the creation of a digital single market, the development of an EU Energy Union, the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade Agreement, the continued reform of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union--with the social dimension in mind--and a "targeted fiscal capacity" for the Eurozone, as well as to negotiate a new deal with Britain . During his leadership, Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 . </P>

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