Hans von der Groeben
| Hans von der Groeben | |
|---|---|
| European Commissioner for Internal Market and Regional Policy | |
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In office 2 July 1967 – 30 June 1970 |
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| President | Jean Rey |
| Preceded by | Guido Colonna di Paliano (Internal Market) |
| Succeeded by | Wilhelm Haferkamp (Internal Market and Energy) |
| European Commissioner for Competition | |
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In office 7 January 1958 – 2 July 1967 |
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| President | Walter Hallstein |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Maan Sassen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 May 1907 Langheim, Germany (now Łankiejmy, Poland) |
| Died | 6 March 2005 (aged 97) Rheinbach, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater |
University of Berlin University of Bonn University of Göttingen |
Hans von der Groeben (14 May 1907 – 5/6 March 2005) was a German diplomat, scientist and journalist and member of the European Commission.
Von der Groeben was born in Langheim (today Łankiejmy, Poland) near Rastenburg, East Prussia.
A son of landowner Georg von der Groeben and Eva von Mirbach, he studied jurisprudence and political economics at the Universities of Berlin, Bonn and Göttingen. After the state exams he became a government advisor in 1933 at the Ministry of Nutrition (Reichsernährungsministerium) and in 1937 transferred to his final advisory position for credit and cooperatives (Referats für das Kredit- und Genossenschaftswesen).
For periods during the Second World War he served as a reserve in the armed forces, ending up as a first lieutenant. After the war he became a director of government in the Treasury of Lower Saxony. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ludwig Erhard recruited him from there to work on Germany's response to the Schuman Declaration for better Franco-German relations. From 1953 he represented the Federal Government in the coordinating committee of the European Coal and Steel Community.
He ranks among the fathers of the European Union, he was one of the authors of the Spaak Report, calling for the establishment of the European Economic Community. He was vice-chair of the German delegation, led by Alfred Mueller Armack at the 1956 Brussels Conference which led to the Treaty of Rome and was chair of the "Common Market" committee. He is responsible for the fact that the EEC received a contractually specified free market framework and found a kindred spirit in the French delegation leader, Robert Marjolin.
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