Spaak, Paul-Henri
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Spaak, Paul-Henri (b. 25 Jan. 1899, d. 31 July 1972). Prime Minister of Belgium 1938–9, 1947–9 Born at Schaerbeek, he qualified as a lawyer in 1922 and practised until entering Parliament as a Socialist in 1932. He became Belgium's first Socialist Prime Minister in 1938. After the German invasion he moved to London, where he was Foreign Minister of the government-in-exile. Here he played a major role in the establishment of the
UN, and became the first President of its General Assembly. He was one of the architects of the
Benelux customs union and became president of the consultative assembly of the
Council of Europe 1949–51. He played a major part in forcing the abdication of King
Leopold III. He was Foreign Minister 1954–7 and again 1961–6, and was Secretary-General of
NATO 1957–61. As one of the first and foremost proponents of a European economic association based on free trade and movement of labour, as well as joint social and financial policies, he was a key figure in the establishment of the
ECSC and the EEC (
European integration).
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Handwerk und Poesie
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Gebildeten. Im privaten Kreis nannte Spaak sich gern einen Korbflechter, einen...Tonfilms Das Leben des Belgiers Charles Spaak war ein einziger Kampf um Anerkennung...Krieg zu hchsten Ehren brachte. Paul Henri Spaak (1899-1972), Sozialist, mehrfach...
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Appeasing the Islamists; Craven Dutch politicians submit.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/26/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: Paul Belien, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON...Belgian press. King Leopold asked Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium's leading politician at...use its premises (the aptly named Paul-Henri Spaak (!) building in Brussels) to show...
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Don't follow Europe's lead.(THE LAST WORD)
Magazine article from: The New American; 2/5/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the early strategy urged by Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak. Known as Europe's "Mr. Socialist," Spaak told his fellow plotters that they should...based on dismantling trade barriers." The Spaak plan succeeded. Beginning in 1951, the...
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Eurocrat empire building; But voters resist Brussels' power.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/28/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: Paul Belien, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES...going to war again. Others, such as Paul-Henri Spaak, the Belgian foreign minister who authored...United States. Robert Rothschild, Mr. Spaak's chef de cabinet, recalled later...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1947:Belgian Royalty
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/11/1997; 204 words
; ...Chamber of Deputies gave Premier Paul Henri Spaak's coalition government a resounding...controversial question of the monarchy. M. Spaak asked the vote of confidence after...liked to see him adopt.'' M. Spaak wished to stress that the problem...
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Tribute to Patrice Lumumba on 80th anniversary of his birth
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The; 7/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Belgium, where the group is headquartered (as is today's European Union), and whose secretary-general was Paul-Henri Spaak. Spaak was also the foreign minister of Belgium and a heavyweight at the United Nations, ever since he had presided...
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A superstate half a century in the making UNITED STATES OF EUROPE Christopher Booker's Notebook
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...nuclear energy. At this point his co-conspirator Paul-Henri Spaak, the former Belgian prime minister, suggested that...a "United States of Europe" was returned to him by Spaak - with all references to political union, a "United...
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Letters: How UK missed out
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1999; ; 505 words
; ...before the usual day. He was indeed upset, and told me that he had been ordered out by Paul-Henri Spaak. My father had developed considerable respect for Mr Spaak's presidency, and this contributed to his hurt that his own role there was now rejected...
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French Don Quixote descends on Brussels Staking a claim for an EU legal tongue
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...descendant of the German royal house; Antoinette Spaak, daughter of Paul-Henri Spaak, a founding father of the EU and once a Belgian...second language, followed by German, then French.Paul-Marie Couteaux, a French member of the European...
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Churchill's Guests: Britain and the Belgian Exiles during World War II.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Hubert Pierlot, the former Catholic Prime Minister, and Paul-Henri Spaak, his Socialist Foreign Minister, finally reached London...As he says, it probably made a big difference to Spaak (whose daughter, incidentally, married a future Permanent...
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Paul Henri Spaak
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Paul Henri Spaak The Belgian statesman Paul Henri Spaak (1899-1972) was an architect of...political unity during the Cold War. Paul Henri Spaak was born near Brussels on Jan. 25...
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Spaak, Paul-Henri
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Spaak, Paul-Henri (1899–1972) Belgian statesman. Entering Parliament as a socialist in 1932, he was Prime Minister (1938–...
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Spaak, Charles
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
SPAAK, Charles Writer. Nationality: Belgian. Born: Brussels, 25 May 1903; brother of the statesman Paul-Henri Spaak. Family: Married Janine (Spaak), daughters: the actresses Agnès Spaak and Catherine...
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Belgium
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...forces , below) and on 25 May the king and his principal ministers, including Pierlot and the foreign minister, Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972), met at the château of Wynendaele to assess the critical military situation...
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Viscount Davignon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...independence to what had been the Belgian Congo. In 1961 he was nominated to serve in the office of the Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, who became the mentor and a close friend of the young diplomat. Davignon served as head of office from 1964 until...
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