Jeannot Krecké
Krecké in 2010
Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade
In office 2004–2012
Prime Minister	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Henri Grethen
Succeeded by	Etienne Schneider
Personal details
Born	(1950-04-26) 26 April 1950 (age 74) Luxembourg
Nationality	Luxembourgish
Political party	Luxembourg 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

External links

• Government biography

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