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Étienne Davignon
Étienne, Count Davignon (; born 4 October 1932) is a Belgium, Belgian former diplomat, top civil servant, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission, also known as an active participant in organization of the murder of Patrice Lumumba, for this crime he will stand trial. Career After receiving a Doctorate of Law from the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), Catholic University of Louvain, Davignon joined the Belgian Foreign Ministry, in 1959, and within two years had become an attaché under Paul-Henri Spaak, then Minister of Foreign Affairs (Belgium), Minister of Foreign Affairs. He remained in Belgian government until 1965. In 1970, he chaired the committee of experts which produced the Davignon report on foreign policy for Europe. Davignon later became the first head of the International Energy Agency, from 1974 to 1977, before becoming a member of the European Commission, of which he was vice-president from 1981 until 1985. From 1989 to 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Commissioner For Industry And Entrepreneurship
The Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship was a vice-president of the European Commission. The post was enlarged from the ''Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society'' portfolio in the Prodi Commission to include Industry. Verheugen (2004 to 2010) At the start of the Barroso Commission Germany, backed by Britain and France suggested an economic "super-commissioner" to fight for Competition (companies), competitiveness. Although rejected, this idea though has been taken on by Verheugen, as the Enterprise and Industry portfolio was enlarged and was made a Vice-President of the European Commission, Vice-President. As Commissioner, he indicates his aim to increase the competitiveness of Europe, there is a separate Commissioner for Competition dealing with competition between companies within Europe. However, with the numerous economic portfolios, there is a degree of overlap which has been a matter of concern for him along with the purported difficulty of firing D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
