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Walter Hallstein
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Walter Hallstein was a German politician, diplomat, university teacher, and jurist. Born in Mainz in 1901, he was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His professional career included teaching positions at the University of Rostock, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He worked in Bonn and served as a member of the German Bundestag.
Hallstein held the position of President of the European Commission. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union and the Nazi Party. He participated in World War II and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and the Charlemagne Prize. Hallstein died in Stuttgart in 1982.
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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.
Known for
- Look at Life: Common Market — Self - President of the European Commission1962
- Ein Mann wirbt für sein Volk — Self1953
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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
- Rank
- Oberleutnant
- Battles wars
- World War II German occupation of France Normandy Campaign Battle of Cherbourg
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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
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F004665-0003, Walter Hallstein.jpg
- Work location
- Bonn
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- Walter Hallstein
- date of death
- 1982-03-29
- date of birth
- 1901-11-17
- name in native language
- Walter Hallstein
- catalog code
- 11000788
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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.
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