The Mayer Authority was the second High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), between 1955 and 1958. Its president was

René Mayer René Mayer (; 4 May 189513 December 1972) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. Mayer was born and died in Paris. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958. He was Fran ...

of France. There were three more High Authorities before the institutions of the ECSC were merged with those of the

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and the European Economic Community in 1967 to become the European Communities.

Membership

There was a great deal of continuity with the Monnet Authority, in addition to René Mayer of France, as president, the Authority comprised;Composition of the High Authority, 1955–1958
European NAvigator (ena.lu) Franz Etzel of Germany, First Vice-President (until he resigned on 28 October 1957 *External relations Albert Coppé of Belgium, Second Vice-President *General objectives and long term policy (Chairman) *Markets, agreements, transport (Chairman) *Press and information Paul Finet of Belgium *Social Problems

Dirk Spierenburg Dirk Pieter Spierenburg was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was born on 4 February 1909 in RotterdamNetherlands and died on 27 August 2001. He was a member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, serving in the Monnet A ...

of Netherlands *External relations (Chairman) *Markets, agreements, transport Léon Daum of France *Finance, investment, production (Chairman) *Instructions group (Chairman) *General objectives and long term policy *Markets, agreements, transport *Press and information

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of Italy *Press and information (President) *General objectives and long term policy *Industrial problems, finance *Social problems

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of Luxembourg *Industrial problems, finance *Social Problems *External relations *Instructions group

References

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