Michel Rasquin

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Michel Rasquin (19 September 1899 - 27 April 1958) was a Luxembourgian 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. In June 1948 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg.

He was Mayor of Esch-sur-Alzette from 1949 to 1951.

From 1951 to 1958 he was a minister in the coalition governments of Pierre Dupong and Joseph Bech, with responsibility for the economy.

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, but died in April 1958 and was succeeded by Lambert Schaus.

v • d • e European Commission (1958–1962: First Hallstein Commission) Walter Hallstein (West Germany) · Piero Malvestiti (Italy)* · Giuseppe Caron† (Italy) · Sicco Mansholt (Netherlands) · Robert Marjolin (France) · Hans von der Groeben (West Germany) · Robert Lemaignen (France) · Giuseppe Petrilli (Italy) · Lionello Levi Sandri (Italy) · Jean Rey (Belgium) · Michel Rasquin** (Luxembourg) · Lambert Schaus† (Luxembourg) *resigned – **died – †replacement

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