Editing Jacques Delors (section)

{{Short description|French politician (1925–2023)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[His Excellency]]
| name                = Jacques Delors
| image               = Jacques Delors (1993) (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Delors in 1993
| order               = <!-- not used.  EU does not use US-style numbered presidencies. -->
| 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             = Mayor of [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]]
| term_start1         = 19 March 1983
| term_end1           = 19 December 1984
| predecessor1        = Gaston Roche
| successor1          = {{ill|v=ib|Gilles Catoire|fr}}
| office2             = [[Minister of Finance (France)|Minister of Finance]]
| primeminister2      = [[Pierre Mauroy]]
| term_start2         = 22 May 1981
| term_end2           = 17 July 1984
| predecessor2        = [[René Monory]]
| successor2          = [[Pierre Bérégovoy]]
| office3             = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start3         = 1 July 1979
| term_end3           = 25 May 1981
| constituency3       = [[East France]]
| birth_name          = Jacques Lucien Jean Delors
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1925|07|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = Paris, France
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2023|12|27|1925|07|20|df=yes}}
| death_place         = Paris, France
| party               = [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Marie Lephaille|1948|2020|end=d.}}
| children            = 2, including [[Martine Aubry|Martine]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Paris]]
}}

'''Jacques Lucien Jean Delors''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒak lysjɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dəlɔʁ|lang}}; 20 July 1925{{snd}}27 December 2023) was a French politician who served as the eighth [[president of the European Commission]] from 1985 to 1995. Delors played a key role in the creation of the [[European single market|single market]], the [[euro]] and the modern [[European Union]].

As president of the [[European Commission]] (EC), Delors was the most visible and influential leader in European affairs. He implemented policies that closely linked the [[Member state of the European Union|member nations]] together and promoted the need for [[European integration|unity]]. He created a [[single market]] that made the [[free movement of persons]], capital, goods, and services within the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC) possible. He also headed the [[Delors Committee]], which proposed the [[monetary union]] to create the euro, a new single currency to replace individual national currencies. This was achieved by the signing of the [[Maastricht Treaty]] in 1992.

Delors was a member of the [[French Socialist Party]]. Before becoming president of the EC, he was [[List of finance ministers of France|France's finance minister]] from 1981 to 1984, and a [[member of the European Parliament]] from 1979 to 1981.