What is Jacques Delors?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Jacques Delors | image = Jacques Delors in 1993.jpg | order = 8th | office = President of the European Commission | vicepresident = [[Frans Andriessen]] | term_start = 7 January 1985 | term_end = 24 January 1995 | predecessor = [[Gaston Thorn]] | successor = [[Jacques Santer]] | office1 = [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Minister of Finance]] | primeminister1 = [[Pierre Mauroy]] | term_start1 = 22 May 1981 | term_end1 = 17 July 1984 | predecessor1 = [[René Monory]] | successor1 = [[Pierre Bérégovoy]] | office2 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] | term_start2 = 1 July 1979 | term_end2 = 25 May 1981 | constituency2 = [[East France (European Parliament constituency)|East France]] | birth_name = Jacques Lucien Jean Delors | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1925|07|20}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|12|27|1925|07|20}} | death_place = Paris, France | party = [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] | spouse = {{marriage|Marie Lephaille|1941|2020|end=died}} | children = 2; including [[Martine Aubry|Martine]] | alma_mater = [[University of Paris]] | signature = }} '''Jacques Lucien Jean Delors''' (20 July 1925 – 27 December 2023) was a French politician.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Portugal|first=Rádio e Televisão de|date=2023-12-27|title=Morreu Jacques Delors, ex-presidente da Comissão Europeia|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/morreu-jacques-delors-ex-presidente-da-comissao-europeia_n1539703|access-date=2023-12-27|website=Morreu Jacques Delors, ex-presidente da Comissão Europeia|language=pt}}</ref> He served as the 8th [[President of the European Commission]] from 1985 to 1995.