Wilhelm Haferkamp

Wilhelm Haferkamp (right) with President François-Xavier Ortoli

Wilhelm Haferkamp (1 July 1923 – 17 January 1995) was a longtime member of the European Commission. Born in Germany, he was a social democratic politician. He was appointed to the Commission by the West German government in 1967. He served in a number of posts including Vice President until 1985. He died in Brussels.

In the Rey Commission from 1967 he served as Commissioner for Energy. His portfolio then expanded to include the Internal Market in 1970 under the Malfatti Commission and Mansholt Commission until 1973 when he joined the Ortoli Commission as Commissioner for Economic, Finance, Credit and Investments. His last post was Commissioner for External Relations, which he served as until 1985 under the Jenkins and Thorn Commissions.

European Commissioners for External Relations Rey Martino Deniau Soames Haferkamp De Clercq Andriessen van den Broek Brittan Patten Ferrero-Waldner Merged into High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

European Commissioners for Trade Rey Deniau Dahrendorf Soames Haferkamp De Clercq Andriessen Brittan Lamy Hübner Mandelson Ashton Ferrero-Waldner De Gucht