Raymond Vouel

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Raymond Vouel (8 April 192312 February 1987) was a Luxembourgian politician. Vouel 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 Commissioner for Competition.

Political offices
Preceded by
Eugène Schaus
Deputy Prime Minister
19741976
Succeeded by
Bernard Berg
Preceded by
Pierre Werner
Minister for Finances
19741976
Succeeded by
Jacques Poos
Preceded by
Albert Borschette
European Commissioner for Competition
19761981
Succeeded by
Frans Andriessen
Persondata
NAME Vouel, Raymond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Luxembourgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 8 April 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Rumelange, Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH 12 February 1987
PLACE OF DEATH