President of the Eurogroup

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The President of the Eurogroup is the chair and political leader of the informal body of euro area finance ministers, responsible for coordinating and guiding economic and fiscal policy discussions among the countries that use the euro.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union position
political office
presiding officer
appliesToJurisdiction euro area
eurozone
appointedBy Eurogroup
associatedWith Euro Summit
Eurogroup Working Group
European Central Bank
European Commission
European Stability Mechanism
country European Union
domain economic policy
euro area governance
fiscal policy
electedBy euro area finance ministers
firstHolder Jean-Claude Juncker
hasRole agenda setter for Eurogroup meetings
chair of meetings of euro area finance ministers
chair of the Board of Governors of the European Financial Stability Facility
chair of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism
chair of the Eurogroup
consensus builder among euro area member states
coordinator of euro area economic policy discussions
coordinator of euro area fiscal policy discussions
liaison with EU institutions on euro area matters
liaison with the Euro Summit
liaison with the European Central Bank on euro area matters
liaison with the European Commission on euro area matters
political leader of the Eurogroup
representative of the Eurogroup externally
spokesperson for euro area finance ministers
inception 2005
isPositionHeldBy finance minister of a euro area member state
member of the Eurogroup
legalStatus informal body chairmanship
notableHolder Jean-Claude Juncker
Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Mário Centeno
Paschal Donohoe
partOf Eurogroup
reportsTo Eurogroup
euro area heads of state or government in the Euro Summit
residence Brussels
seat Brussels
selectionMethod election among Eurogroup members
termLength 2.5 years
termRenewable true
worksIn Council of the European Union configuration for Economic and Financial Affairs

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism
hasChair
Eurogroup
positionHeld
Eurogroup Working Group ("Eurogroup President")
reportsTo
Eurogroup Working Group ("Eurogroup President")
supportsBody

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