Robert Schuman - Biography, Miscellaneous

French statesman and prime minister (1947–8), born in Luxembourg. He held several government posts after World War 2, and as foreign minister (1948–52) proposed the Schuman plan (1950) for pooling the coal and steel resources of West Europe, which came to fruition in the European Coal and Steel Community. He was president of the EEC Assembly (1958–60).

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President of Concil:	1947–1948
Foreign Minister:	1948–1952
Profession:	Lawyer

Robert Schuman (June 29, 1886 – September 4, 1963) was a noted Luxembourg-born French politician, a Christian Democrat (M.R.P.) who is regarded as one of the founders of the European Union.

Biography

Robert Schuman's father, Jean-Pierre Schuman (1837–1900), was born a French citizen in Evrange, Lorraine, just across the border with Luxembourg.

Schuman's pursued his secondary education at the Athénée de Luxembourg secondary school in Luxembourg, a former Jesuit College, but as the Luxembourg secondary school diploma was not valid in Germany, he had to pass for his Abitur in Metz. He was Minister of Finance, then briefly Prime Minister from 1947–1948 becoming Foreign Minister in the latter year.

Schuman later served as Minister of Justice and first President of the European Parliamentary Assembly which bestowed on him by acclamation the title 'Father of Europe'.

Miscellaneous

The Schuman District of Brussels (including a metro station, square and railway station) is named in his honour. Around the square ("Rond Point Schuman") can be found various European institutions, including the Berlaymont building which is the headquarters of the European Commission, as well as key European Parliament buildings.

Schuman's place of birth was restored by the European Parliament and can be visited;

Schuman's First Government, November 24, 1947 – July 26, 1948

Robert Schuman - President of the Council Georges Bidault - Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre-Henri Teitgen - Minister of National Defense Jules Moch - Minister of the Interior René Mayer - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Robert Lacoste - Minister of Commerce and Industry Daniel Mayer - Minister of Labour and Social Security André Marie - Minister of Justice Marcel Edmond Naegelen - Minister of National Education François Mitterrand - Minister of Veterans and War Victims Pierre Pflimlin - Minister of Agriculture Paul Coste-Floret - Minister of Overseas France Christian Pineau - Minister of Public Works and Transport Germaine Poinso-Chapuis - Minister of Public Health and Population René Coty - Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning

Changes

February 12, 1948 - Édouard Depreux succeeds Naegelen as Minister of National Education.

Schuman's Second Government, September 5, 1948 – September 11, 1948

Honza Blazek - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs René Mayer - Minister of National Defense André Marie - Vice President of the Council Jules Moch - Minister of the Interior Christian Pineau - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Robert Lacoste - Minister of Commerce and Industry Daniel Mayer - Minister of Labour and Social Security Robert Lecourt - Minister of Justice Tony Revillon - Minister of National Education Jules Catoire - Minister of Veterans and War Victims Pierre Pflimlin - Minister of Agriculture Paul Coste-Floret - Minister of Overseas France Henri Queuille - Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism Pierre Schneiter - Minister of Public Health and Population René Coty - Minister of Reconstruction and Town Planning

Preceded by: Paul Ramadier	Prime Minister of France 1947–1948	Succeeded by: André Marie
Preceded by: André Marie	Prime Minister of France 1948	Succeeded by: Henri Queuille