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Luxembourgish footballer and politician
Jeannot Krecké
Krecké in 2010
Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade
In office
2004–2012
Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byHenri Grethen
Succeeded byEtienne Schneider
Personal details
Born (1950-04-26) 26 April 1950 (age 74)
Luxembourg
NationalityLuxembourgish
Political partyLuxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
Association football career
Position(s) midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 Avenir Beggen
1970–1971 KSC Grimbergen
1971–1972 Avenir Beggen
1973–1975 Aris Bonnevoie
1975–1977 Etzella Ettelbruck
1981–1982 Progrès Niederkorn
International career
1970–1977 Luxembourg 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jeannot Krecké (born 26 April 1950) is a Luxembourgish politician of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. He is a former footballer.

Football career

Krecké played football as a midfielder, and appeared 11 times for the Luxembourg national team.

Political career

Krecké was a member of the Juncker-Asselborn I and II governments, holding the positions of Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade and Minister for Sport. He was also a member of the Eurogroup from July 2004 to June 2009. He resigned from the latter on 1 February 2012.

Krecké resigned from the Cabinet and stepped down in February 2012.

Later career

Krecké is currently the CEO of Key International Strategy Services. In addition, he holds the following positions:

  • ArcelorMittal, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors
  • Calzedonia Finanziaria SA, Member of the Board of Directors
  • East-West United Bank SA, Member of the Board of Directors until February 2022
  • Jan De Nul, Member of the Board of Directors
  • NovEnergia, Member of the Management Team
  • (formerly) Sistema, Member of the Board of Directors

References

  1. Jeannot Krecké at WorldFootball.net
  2. Jeannot Krecké at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Krecké to quit on February 1". Delano. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. "Le Jeudi - Krecké démissionne". www.lejeudi.lu. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012.
  5. Management Team NovEnergia.
  6. "Sodrugestvo: More people of influence linked to firms with Russian ties". today.rtl.lu. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  7. Board of Directors Sistema.

External links

Political offices
Preceded byHenri Grethen Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade
2004 – 2012
Succeeded byEtienne Schneider
Juncker-Asselborn I (2004 – 2009)
Juncker-Asselborn II (2009 – 2013)


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