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Also known as Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman, Venerable Robert Schuman

Luxembourgish-born German-French statesman and Venerable (1886-1963)

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Robert Schuman was a statesman of Luxembourg, German, and French heritage who lived from 1886 to 1963 and is recognized by the Catholic Church as Venerable, a step toward potential sainthood. He matters because he played a significant role in post-World War II European politics during a period of major historical reconstruction.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Robert
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Luxembourg
Place of death
Scy-Chazelles
Occupation
lawyer
Languages spoken
Luxembourgish
Native language
Luxembourgish
Conflict
World War I
Official website
www.robert-schuman.com
Image
Robert Schuman 1958.jpg
Work location
Brussels
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place of burial
Église Saint-Quentin
Commons category
Robert Schuman
date of death
1963-09-04
date of birth
1886-06-29
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Robert Schuman
canonization status
Venerable
feast day
September 4
honorific prefix
Venerable
birth name
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman
name in native language
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman
different from
Robert Schumann
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life

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