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Walter Hallstein

1901 - 1982

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Walter Hallstein (17 November 1901 – 29 March 1982) was a German academic, diplomat and statesman who was the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community and one of the founding fathers of the European Union. Hallstein began his academic career in the 1920s Weimar Republic and became Germany's youngest law professor in 1930, at the age of 29. During World War II he served as a First Lieutenant in the German Army in France. Captured by American troops in 1944, he spent the rest of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp in the United States, where he organised a "camp university" for his fellow soldiers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Hallstein is the 2,652nd most popular politician (up from 3,038th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 814th in 2019) and the 194th most popular German Politician.

Walter Hallstein is most famous for his work in the European Union. He was the first president of the European Commission and is credited with the idea of the European Economic Community.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Hallstein ranks 2,652 out of 19,576. Before him are Julius Nyerere, Erich Mielke, Christopher I of Denmark, Attalus III, Ferdinand I of León, and Almanzor. After him are James Wilson, Guillermo Lasso, Cao Rui, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo, and Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Walter Hallstein ranks 50. Before him are Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Jascha Heifetz, Alfred Tarski, Jaroslav Seifert, Milton H. Erickson, and Henri Lefebvre. After him are Eisaku Satō, José Nasazzi, Carl Barks, Nikolai Vatutin, Lee Strasberg, and Louis Kahn. Among people deceased in 1982, Walter Hallstein ranks 36. Before him are Hugh Everett III, Mikhail Suslov, Władysław Gomułka, Jacques Tati, C. R. Swart, and Curd Jürgens. After him are Cevdet Sunay, Hans Selye, Ivan Bagramyan, Jiro Horikoshi, Lee Strasberg, and Varlam Shalamov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Hallstein ranks 702 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudi Völler (1960), Gerhard Herzberg (1904), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Erich Mielke (1907), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), and Robert Huber (1937). After him are Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787), Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765), Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), Richard Baer (1911), and Hans Morgenthau (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Hallstein ranks 194. Before him are Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), and Erich Mielke (1907). After him are Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787), Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765), Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574), Richard Baer (1911), Julia Drusilla (16), and Otto Strasser (1897).

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