Albert Coppé

Albert Coppé


European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget
In office 1 July 1970 – 6 January 1973
President	Franco Maria Malfatti Sicco Mansholt
Preceded by	Lionello Levi Sandri (Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration) Victor Bodson (Transport) Himself (Budgets, Credit, Investment, Press and Information)
Succeeded by	Patrick Hillery (Social Affairs) Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza (Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy and Transport)
European Commissioner for Budget, Credit, Investment, Press and Information
In office 2 July 1967 – 1 July 1970
President	Jean Rey
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself (Social Affairs, Transport and Budget) Wilhelm Haferkamp (Economics, Finance, Credit and Investments)
President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community Acting
In office 1 March 1967 – 2 July 1967
Preceded by	Rinaldo Del Bo
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1911-11-26)26 November 1911 Bruges, Belgium
Died	30 March 1999(1999-03-30) (aged 87) Tervuren, Belgium
Political party	Christian Democratic and Flemish

Albert Coppé (26 November 1911, in Bruges – 30 March 1999, in Tervuren) was a Belgian and European politician and economist.

Biography

Born in Bruges on 26 November 1911, Coppé was a founding member of the CDV party and served in the European Commission as Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport & Budget under the Malfatti & Mansholt Commissions. He also led an interim High Authority in the European Coal and Steel Community in 1967.

Coppé died in Tervuren on 30 March 1999.

The private papers and some interviews (INT550, INT613 and INT028) of A. L. Coppé are deposited at the Historical Archives of the EU in Florence

Political offices
Preceded by Rinaldo Del Bo	President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community Acting 1967	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Jean Rey	Belgian European Commissioner 1967–1973 Served alongside: Jean Rey	Succeeded by Henri Simonet
New office	European Commissioner for Budget, Credit, Investment, Press and Information 1967–1970	Succeeded by Himself as European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget
New office		Succeeded by Wilhelm Haferkamp as European Commissioner for Economics, Finance, Credit and Investments
Preceded by Lionello Levi Sandri as European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration	European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget 1970–1973	Succeeded by Patrick Hillery as European Commissioner for Social Affairs

Preceded by Victor Bodson as European Commissioner for Transport		Succeeded by Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza as European Commissioner for Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy and Transport
Preceded by Himself as European Commissioner for Budgets, Credit, Investment, Press and Information

Presidents of the European Commission

High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community (1952–1967)	Jean Monnet (1952–55) René Mayer (1955–58) Paul Finet (1958–59) Piero Malvestiti (1959–63) Rinaldo Del Bo (1963–67) Acting: Albert Coppé (1967)

Commission of the Atomic Energy Community (1958–1967)	Louis Armand (1958–59) Étienne Hirsch (1959–62) Pierre Chatenet (1962–67)

Commission of the Economic Community (1958–1967)	Walter Hallstein (1958–67)

Commission of the Communities (1967–2009)	Jean Rey (1967–70) Franco Maria Malfatti (1970–72) Sicco Mansholt (1972–73) François-Xavier Ortoli (1973–77) Roy Jenkins (1977–81) Gaston Thorn (1981–85) Jacques Delors (1985–95) Jacques Santer (1995–99) Acting: Manuel Marín (1999) Romano Prodi (1999–2004) José Manuel Barroso (2004–9)

Commission (2009–present)	José Manuel Barroso (2009–14) Jean-Claude Juncker (2014–present)

Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of the European Parliament

European Commissioners for Transport

Bodson Coppé Scarascia-Mugnozza Burke Contogeorgis Clinton-Davis Van Miert Matutes Oreja Kinnock de Placio Barrot Tajani Kallas

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 65688492 LCCN: n93102084 GND: 132651831 SUDOC: 08469534X BNF: cb165864242 (data)

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