Jeannot Krecké

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 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish politician of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. He is a former footballer.

Football career

Krecké played football as a midfielder,[1] and appeared 11 times for the Luxembourg national team.[2]

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.[3]

Krecké resigned from the Cabinet and stepped down in February 2012.[4]

Later career

Krecké is currently[when?] 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[5]
  • (formerly)[6] Sistema, Member of the Board of Directors[7]

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.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade
2004 – 2012 		Succeeded by
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