Biographie

Originally a Luxembourg diplomat, Jim Cloos has spent most of his career in Brussels. During the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council in the first half of 1991, he was directly involved in the drafting of the Maastricht Treaty. 

In 1993, he became Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Agriculture, then, in 1995, Head of Cabinet of President Jacques Santer and Sherpa for the G7/8 meetings. In 2001, Jim Cloos joined the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, first as Director and close collaborator of Javier Solana for transatlantic relations and the UN. In 2006, he became head of the Directorate for General Political Affairs, and then head of the Directorate General for General and Institutional Policy from 2010, a position from which he has retired since February 1, 2021.