Raymond Vouel (8 April 1923 – 12 February 1987) was a
Luxembourg politician. Vouel was
Deputy Prime Minister
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in the
Thorn-Vouel cabinet, a coalition between Vouel's
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei, french: Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois, german: Luxemburger Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei), abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social-democratic, pr ...
and
Gaston Thorn
Gaston Egmond Thorn (3 September 192826 August 2007) was a Luxembourg politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. Amongst the posts that he held were the 19th Prime Minister of Luxembourg ...
's
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. On 21 July 1976, Vouel left the government to join the
European Commission
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as
Commissioner for Competition.
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1923 births
1987 deaths
Deputy Prime Ministers of Luxembourg
European Commissioners for Competition
Ministers for Finances of Luxembourg
Luxembourgian European Commissioners
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party politicians
People from Rumelange
European Commissioners 1977–1981
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