Curriculum vitae of Pierre Werner, reviewed and corrected by Werner himself in October 1999.

Pierre Werner is admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1938.

Pierre Werner in 1954.

Pierre Werner in 1959.

Pierre Werner in 1979.

Pierre Werner and his family gather for the party given in his honour in 1984 on his retirement from political life.

The Werner family in 1997 in Saarbrücken.

Pierre Werner with his wife, Henriette Werner-Pescatore.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, former Belgian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, describes the personality of former Luxembourg Prime Minister Pierre Werner and recalls the tensions between Brussels and Luxembourg following the unilateral devaluation of the Belgian franc in February 1982.

In this interview, Albert Hansen, senior Luxembourg official from 1969 to 2002 and Secretary-General of the Government from 1978 to 1998, discusses the personality of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, and his way of tackling the various questions that he was called to deal with.

In this interview excerpt, Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister from 1979 to March 1981 and December 1981 to 1992, describes the personality of Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Luxembourg Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview, Yves Mersch, former official at the Luxembourg Finance Ministry responsible for international relations and cooperation with international financial organisations, Director of the Treasury from 1989 to 1998 and Governor of the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg since 1998, describes the personality of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview, Guy de Muyser, diplomat in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 1969 and from 1980 to 1991, describes the personality and political style of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, and places him in the long line of great Luxembourg statesmen.

In this interview, Lex Roth, a former teacher seconded to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and given responsibility for organising Luxembourgish language courses from 1980 to 1984, describes the personality of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview, Charles Ruppert, former Chairman of the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association and Vice-President of the Council of State and current Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Pierre Werner Foundation, describes the personality of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, Minister of State and President of the Luxembourg Government from 1984 to 1995 and President of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999, describes the personality and European action of Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Luxembourg Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984. Jacques Santer served as minister in several governments led by Pierre Werner and succeeded him in 1984 as head of the Luxembourg Government.

In this interview, Henri Werner, the son of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, and chairman of the group of experts set up in 1970 to draft a plan for the establishment by stages of economic and monetary union (the ‘Werner Plan’), describes the personality of his father through various events of his life, particularly highlighting his qualities as a man of dialogue.