Emmanuel Sassen
Emmanuel Marie Joseph Antony (Maan) Sassen (born September 11, 1911 in 's-Hertogenbosch , † December 20, 1995 ibid) was a Dutch politician .
Life
After graduating from high school, Emmanuel Sassen studied law at St. Jans-Lyceum in 's-Hertogenbosch and obtained his doctorate in law . Jur. Between 1936 and 1950 he worked as a lawyer and public prosecutor. In 1939 he became a member of the Noord-Brabant Province . There he resigned in 1946 and was elected to the First Chamber of the States General for the Catholic People's Party (KVP) in the same year . In 1948 he left parliament and was Dutch Minister for the Colonies for about a year. 1952 to 1958 he was a member of the second chamber of the Dutch parliament . At the same time he is a member of the parliamentary assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community , the European Parliament . In the European Parliament he was the first group leader of the EPP .
In 1967 he was elected European Commissioner. He succeeded Hans von der Groeben as commissioner for competition . 1970 ended his term in the Rey Commission , his successor as competition commissioner was Albert Borschette , as Dutch commissioner the later commission president (1972-73) Sicco Mansholt .
1970 to 1976 he was permanent representative of the Netherlands to the European Economic Community (EEC). In 1986 he was awarded the Robert Schuman Medal .
Honors
- 1956: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- 50 years of history of the EPP Group 1953-2003 , published by the EPP Group, page 30
Web links
- Literature by and about Emmanuel Sassen in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author: Alexander van Kessel . Biography in the “Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis”. Dutch, accessed July 25, 2010
- ↑ See on this: Ed .: EPP Group. 50 years of history of the EPP Group
Emmanuel Sassen (1953–1958) | Pierre Wigny (1958–1958) | Alain Poher (1958–1966) | Joseph Illerhaus (1966–1969) | Hans August Lücker (1969–1975) | Alfred Bertrand (1975–1977) | Egon Klepsch (1977–1982) | Paolo Barbi (1982-1984) | Egon Klepsch (1984-1992) | Leo Tindemans (1992-1994) | Wilfried Martens (1994-1999) | Hans-Gert Pöttering (1999–2007) | Joseph Daul (2007-2014) | Manfred Weber (since 2014)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sassen, Emmanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sassen, Emmanuel Marie Joseph Antony (full name); Sassen, Maan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician, MEP and European Commissioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | 's-Hertogenbosch |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1995 |
| Place of death | 's-Hertogenbosch |