Robert Goebbels
Robert Goebbels | |
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Official portrait, 1999 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 1999 – 17 April 2014 | |
| Constituency | Luxembourg |
| Minister for Energy | |
| In office 13 July 1994 – 7 August 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Alex Bodry |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister for the Economy | |
| In office 14 July 1989 – 7 August 1999 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Poos |
| Succeeded by | Henri Grethen |
| Minister for Public Works Minister for Transport | |
| In office 14 July 1989 – 7 August 1999 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Marcel Schlechter |
| Succeeded by | Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (Public Works) Mady Delvaux-Stehres (Transport) |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Cooperation Secretary of State for the Middle Class | |
| In office 20 July 1984 – 14 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacques Santer |
| Preceded by | Paul Helminger |
| Succeeded by | Georges Wohlfart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1944 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Died | 5 January 2026 (aged 81) |
| Party | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
| Other political affiliations | Party of European Socialists |
| Spouse | Annick Luck (d. 2024) |
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Robert Goebbels (3 April 1944 – 5 January 2026) was a Luxembourgish journalist and politician. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), he served as a member of successive coalition governments under Jacques Santer and Jean-Claude Juncker from 1984 to 1999. In 1985, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he was a signatory of the Schengen Agreement on behalf of Luxembourg.
Following the 1999 general election, after which the LSAP entered the opposition, Goebbels was elected to the European Parliament, in which he served as a member until his retirement from politics in 2014.