Albert Coppé | |
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European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget | |
In office 1 July 1970 – 6 January 1973 |
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President |
Franco Maria Malfatti Sicco Mansholt |
Preceded by |
Lionello Levi Sandri (Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration) Victor Bodson (Transport) Himself (Budgets, Credit, Investment, Press and Information) |
Succeeded by |
Patrick Hillery (Social Affairs) Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza (Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy and Transport) |
European Commissioner for Budget, Credit, Investment, Press and Information | |
In office 2 July 1967 – 1 July 1970 |
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President | Jean Rey |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Himself (Social Affairs, Transport and Budget) Wilhelm Haferkamp (Economics, Finance, Credit and Investments) |
President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community Acting |
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In office 1 March 1967 – 2 July 1967 |
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Preceded by | Rinaldo Del Bo |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bruges, Belgium |
26 November 1911
Died | 30 March 1999 Tervuren, Belgium |
(aged 87)
Political party | Christian Democratic and Flemish |
Albert Coppé (26 November 1911, in Bruges – 30 March 1999, in Tervuren) was a Belgian and European politician and economist.
Born in Bruges on 26 November 1911, Coppé was a founding member of the CDV party and served in the European Commission as Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport & Budget under the Malfatti & Mansholt Commissions. He also led an interim High Authority in the European Coal and Steel Community in 1967.
Coppé died in Tervuren on 30 March 1999.