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Walter Hallstein
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Walter Hallstein (1901–1982) was a German politician, diplomat, jurist, and university teacher. Born in Mainz and educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, he served as a member of the German Bundestag and held the position of President of the European Commission. His political affiliations included the Christian Democratic Union and the Nazi Party. Hallstein worked in Bonn and was employed by Goethe University Frankfurt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the University of Rostock. He participated in World War II.
Hallstein was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and the Charlemagne Prize. Among his published works are *Der Lebensversicherungsvertrag im Versailler Vertrag* and *Wirtschaftliche Integration als FaKtor politischer Einigung*. He died in Stuttgart.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1901
- Died
- 1982
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Hauptprobleme des Beitritts von Grossbritannien zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft. [Gutachten f. d. 15. Tagung d. Aktionskomitees f. d. Vereinigten Staaten von Europa am 15. u. 16. Juli 1969 in Brüssel, vorgelegt von Guido Carli u. a. Mit e. Vorw. von Walter Hallstein]. Hrsg.
- Der Lebensversicherungsvertrag im Versailler Vertrag
- Wirtschaftliche Integration als FaKtor politischer Einigung
- Address to the European Parliament
- Déclaration faite par M. Walter Hallstein devant lA̕ssemblée parlementaire européenne à Strasbourg, 21 octobre 1958
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Acting · Mainz, Germany
Walter Hallstein was a German lawyer, university professor, and politician. From 1951 to 1958, he was State Secretary in the Foreign Office and then, until 1967, the first President of the Commission of the European Economic Community, a predecessor of the EU.
Known for
- Look at Life: Common Market — Self - President of the European Commission1962
- Ein Mann wirbt für sein Volk — Self1953
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1936-05-23
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 31,533x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,460x
- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,225x
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Key facts
- First vice president
- Sicco Mansholt
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Jean Rey
- Constituency
- Neuwied
- Born
- Walther [ sic ] Peter Hallstein , ( 1901-11-17 ) 17 November 1901, Mainz , Hesse and by Rhine, German Empire
- Died
- 29 March 1982 (1982-03-29) (aged 80), Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
- Resting place
- Waldfriedhof Cemetery , Stuttgart
- Party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Alma mater
- Friedrich Wilhelm University
- Allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Branch service
- Wehrmacht
- Years of service
- 1942–1945
- Rank
- Oberleutnant
- Battles wars
- World War II German occupation of France Normandy Campaign Battle of Cherbourg
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter Hallstein (17 November 1901 – 29 March 1982) was a German academic, diplomat and statesman who was the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community and one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
Hallstein began his academic career in the 1920s Weimar Republic and became Germany's youngest law professor in 1930, at the age of 29. During World War II he served as a First Lieutenant in the German Army in France. Captured by American troops in 1944, he spent the rest of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp in the United States, where he organised a "camp university" for his fellow soldiers. After the war he returned to Germany and continued his academic career; he became rector of the University of Frankfurt in 1946 and spent a year as a visiting professor at Georgetown University from 1948. In 1950 he was recruited to a diplomatic career, becoming the leading civil servant at the German Foreign Office, where he gave his name to the Hallstein Doctrine, West Germany's policy of isolating East Germany diplomatically.
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