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Walter Hallstein

German diplomat and statesman (1901–1982)

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Born: 1901
Died: 1982
Works: 30

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Hauptprobleme des Beitritts von Grossbritannien zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft. [Gutachten f. d. 15. Tagung d. Aktionskomitees f. d. Vereinigten Staaten von Europa am 15. u. 16. Juli 1969 in Brüssel, vorgelegt von Guido Carli u. a. Mit e. Vorw. von Walter Hallstein]. Hrsg.
Der Lebensversicherungsvertrag im Versailler Vertrag
Wirtschaftliche Integration als FaKtor politischer Einigung
Address to the European Parliament
Déclaration faite par M. Walter Hallstein devant lA̕ssemblée parlementaire européenne à Strasbourg, 21 octobre 1958

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Acting · Mainz, Germany

Walter Hallstein was a German lawyer, university professor, and politician. From 1951 to 1958, he was State Secretary in the Foreign Office and then, until 1967, the first President of the Commission of the European Economic Community, a predecessor of the EU.

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Look at Life: Common Market — Self - President of the European Commission1962
Ein Mann wirbt für sein Volk — Self1953

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Type: Person
Country: DE
Active from: 1936-05-23

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5 total works indexed

The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 30,222x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,210x
A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,021x

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Key facts

First vice president: Sicco Mansholt
Preceded by: Position established
Succeeded by: Jean Rey
Constituency: Neuwied
Born: Walther [ sic ] Peter Hallstein , ( 1901-11-17 ) 17 November 1901, Mainz , Hesse and by Rhine, German Empire
Died: 29 March 1982 (1982-03-29) (aged 80), Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Resting place: Waldfriedhof Cemetery , Stuttgart
Party: Christian Democratic Union
Alma mater: Friedrich Wilhelm University
Allegiance: Nazi Germany
Branch service: Wehrmacht
Years of service: 1942–1945

Key dates

Born: 17 November 1901
Died: 29 March 1982

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Walter
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Mainz
Place of death: Stuttgart
Occupation: jurist
Position held: President of the European Commission
Employer: University of Rostock
Political party: Nazi Party

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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. After the war he returned to Germany and continued his academic career; he became rector of the University of Frankfurt in 1946 and spent a year as a visiting professor at Georgetown University from 1948. In 1950 he was recruited to a diplomatic career, becoming the leading civil servant at the German Foreign Office, where he gave his name to the Hallstein Doctrine, West Germany's policy of isolating East Germany diplomatically.