| Michel Rasquin | |
| Office: | European Commissioner for Transport |
| President: | Walter Hallstein |
| Term Start: | 7 January 1958 |
| Term End: | 27 April 1958 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Lambert Schaus |
| Office1: | Mayor of Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Term Start1: | 1949 |
| Term End1: | 1951 |
| Predecessor1: | Arthur Useldinger |
| Successor1: | Antoine Krier |
| Office2: | Leader of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
| Term Start2: | 1945 |
| Term End2: | 1951 |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | Paul Wilwertz |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Pétange, Luxembourg |
| Death Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Party: | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
Michel Rasquin (19 September 1899[1] – 27 April 1958) was a Luxembourgish journalist and socialist politician, and European Commissioner.
Rasquin was born in Pétange, Luxembourg, in 1899. After the Second World War, he was the president of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party from 1945 to 1951.
He was a member of the Council of State, the advisory body, from December 1945 to July 1948.[2] In June 1948, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg.
He was Mayor of Esch-sur-Alzette from 1949 to 1951.[3] He represented Luxembourg in the European Parliament during that same time period.[4]
From 1951 to 1958, he was a minister in the coalition governments of Pierre Dupong and Joseph Bech, with responsibility for the economy.[5]
He was appointed Luxembourg's representative on the inaugural European Commission, the Hallstein Commission, which took office in January 1958. Rasquin had responsibility for the Transport portfolio,[6] but died in April 1958 and was succeeded by Lambert Schaus.
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