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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. Along with Robert Schuman, Alcide De Gasperi and Konrad Adenauer, he was a leader in the formation of the institutions that evolved into the European Union. 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul-Henri Spaak has received more than 387,061 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Paul-Henri Spaak is the 2,197th most popular politician (up from 2,406th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 88th in 2019) and the 23rd 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 2,197 out of 19,576. Before him are Zoran Đinđić, Eadred, Sirikit, Lee Teng-hui, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. After him are Æthelflæd, Abaoji, Zog I of Albania, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo, and Aeschines.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 25. Before him are Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Béla Guttmann, Albert Claude, Paul Hermann Müller, Erich Kästner, and George Cukor. After him are Gustav Heinemann, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Cevdet Sunay, Bertil Ohlin, Max Theiler, and Alfred Schütz. Among people deceased in 1972, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 25. Before him are Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Erhard Milch, Maurice Chevalier, Dino Buzzati, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, and Andrei Tupolev. After him are Heinrich Lübke, Max Theiler, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Ghassan Kanafani, Georg von Békésy, and Emil Maurice.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 83 out of 1,190. Before him are Émile Verhaeren (1855), Corneille Heymans (1892), Henri Pirenne (1862), Father Damien (1840), Peyo (1928), and Ernest Solvay (1838). After him are Jacky Ickx (1945), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Matilda of Flanders (1031), Jacques Piccard (1922), and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak ranks 23. Before him are Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Léon Degrelle (1906), and Herman Van Rompuy (1947). After him are Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Anne of France (1461), and Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522).

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