Raymond Vouel Explained

Office:European Commissioner for Competition
Term Start:6 January 1977
Term End:6 January 1981
President:Roy Jenkins
Predecessor:Albert Borschette
Successor:Frans Andriessen
Office1:Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Term Start1:15 June 1974
Term End1:21 July 1976
Primeminister1:Gaston Thorn
Predecessor1:Eugène Schaus
Successor1:Bernard Berg
Birth Date:8 April 1923
Birth Place:Rumelange, Luxembourg
Party:Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
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Battles:World War II

Raymond Vouel (8 April 1923 – 12 February 1987) was a Luxembourgish politician who was Deputy Prime Minister in the Thorn-Vouel cabinet, a coalition between Vouel's Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Gaston Thorn's Democratic Party. On 21 July 1976, Vouel left the government to join the European Commission as European Commissioner for Competition.

Vouel was born on 8 April 1923 in Rumelange. During World War II he was a member of the French Resistance and later served as a translator for the United States Army. He was also a journalist for the socialist daily newspaper Tageblatt, writing articles on international affairs.[1]

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  1. News: 22 July 1976 . Another new face on the EC Commission . 17 November 2024 . European Community Information Service.