Robert Schuman

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ ʃuman];29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in building postwar European and trans-Atlantic institutions and was one of the founders of the European Communities, the Council of Europe and NATO. He was the one who proposed the Schuman Declaration, which established the European Coal and Steel Community, ultimately a predecessor of the European Union. The 1964–1965 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour. In 2021, Schuman was declared venerable by Pope Francis in recognition of his acting on Christian principles.

Awards: Knight of Pius IX, Erasmus Prize, Charlemagne Prize, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, honorary citizen of Luxembourg, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, honorary citizen of Bonn, Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles Education: University of Strasbourg, University of Bonn, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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