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Paul-Henri Spaak

1899 - 1972

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Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (French: [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. Nicknamed "Mr. Europe", he was a leader in the formation of the institutions that evolved into the current European Union, along with Robert Schuman, Alcide De Gasperi and Konrad Adenauer. A member of the influential Spaak family, he served briefly in World War I before he was captured, and rose to prominence after the war as a tennis player and lawyer, becoming famous for his high-profile defence of an Italian student accused of attempting to assassinate Italy's crown prince in 1929. A convinced socialist, Spaak entered politics in 1932 for the Belgian Workers' Party (later the Belgian Socialist Party) and gained his first ministerial portfolio in the government of Paul Van Zeeland in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul-Henri Spaak is the 1,295th most popular politician (up from 2,197th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Belgian Politician.

Paul-Henri Spaak was a Belgian politician who helped to found the European Coal and Steel Community.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 1,295 out of 19,576. Before him are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Muhammad of Ghor, Lysimachus, Aurelia Cotta, H. D. Deve Gowda, and Alaeddin Pasha. After him are Aristide Briand, Sahle-Work Zewde, Tony Blair, Decebalus, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Frederick VIII of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 15. Before him are Yasunari Kawabata, Friedrich Hayek, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Humphrey Bogart, Macfarlane Burnet, and Francis Poulenc. After him are László Bíró, Albert Claude, Iskander Mirza, Fred Astaire, Paul Hermann Müller, and Erich Kästner. Among people deceased in 1972, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 12. Before him are Ezra Pound, Yasunari Kawabata, M. C. Escher, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Neilia Hunter Biden, and Kwame Nkrumah. After him are Igor Sikorsky, Franz Halder, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Asta Nielsen, J. Edgar Hoover, and Paul Hausser.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 51 out of 1,190. Before him are Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), and Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568). After him are Victor Horta (1861), Julio Cortázar (1914), Albert Claude (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), and Pepin of Landen (585).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 22. Before him are Eleanor of Austria (1498), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), and Herman Van Rompuy (1947). After him are Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Léon Degrelle (1906), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), and Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919).

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