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Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (French pronunciation: [pɔl ɑ̃ʁi ʃaʁl spak]; 25 January 1899 – 31 July 1972) was an influential Belgian Socialist politician, diplomat and statesman who thrice served as the prime minister of Belgium and later as the second secretary general of NATO.
Paul-Henri Spaak (born January 25, 1899, Schaerbeek, near Brussels, Belgium—died July 31, 1972, Brussels) was Belgium’s foremost statesman in the decades following World War II and a leading advocate of European cooperation.
Paul-Henri Spaak: a European visionary and talented persuader. Imprisoned by the Germans during the First World War and serving as Belgian foreign minister-in-exile during the Second, Paul-Henri Spaak was another of the great EU pioneers to witness the horrors of Europe’s bloodiest century.
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Paul-Henri Spaak. Nicknamed “Mr Europe” because of the huge influence he had on European politics and the creation of the European Economic Community, Paul-Henri Spaak was a prominent Belgian politician who became NATO’s second Secretary General in May 1957.
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Jun 20, 2011 · In 1956 Paul-Henri Spaak was chosen by the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to succeed Lord Ismay as Secretary General. Born in Schaarbeek (Brussels), 1899, Paul-Henri Spaak took a degree in jurisprudence at Brussels University.
Paul-Henri Spaak 1899 - 1972. ‘A European statesman’ – Belgian Paul-Henri Spaak’s long political career fully merits this title. Lying about his age, he was accepted into the Belgian Army during the First World War, and consequently spent two years as a German prisoner of war.
It could be said that Paul-Henri Spaak, grandson of Paul Janson, a famous member of the Liberal Party, son of Marie Janson, the first woman to enter the Belgian Senate, and nephew of Paul-Emile Janson, Belgian Prime Minister in the late 1930s, was born into politics.
He drafted the plan for the Belgian–Dutch–Luxemburg union and, as advocate of a European agreement, played a decisive role in the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community. He was Secretary General of Nato from 1957 to 1961. Died on 31st July 1972.
Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak, Foreign Minister of Belgium, was elected first President of the General Assembly of the United Nations on January 16, 1946 and held this office for one session.
Chairman of a working party established at the 1955 Messina Conference and entrusted with the preparation of a report on the creation of a common European market (Spaak Report) (1955) Secretary-General of NATO (1957–1961)
