Robert Lemaignen

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Robert Lemaignen was a right-wing French European Commissioner.

He was appointed as one of first French European Commissioners on the first Hallstein Commission from 1958 to 1962. He did not remain a member of the second Hallstein commission and was succeeded as commissioner by Henri Rochereau. Lemaignen had responsibility for Overseas development.

Lemaignen had previously been the vice-president of the French employers federation (with extensive African experience).

[edit] External references

• NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM, August 2004 Working Paper on Macroeconomic and Monetary policy-making at the European Commssion 1957 to 1969
• Robert Lemaignen 1960 document on the association of Overseas Territories with the European Community

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