Joseph Luns

1967

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis 1967
Joseph Luns
Einsatz für Europa

Vita

1911

Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Law at the universities of Leiden and Amsterdam, 1937 Doctorate in Law

Study

1937-1938

Studies at the London School of Economics and the University of Berlin

Entered the Dutch diplomatic service

1938

1949-1952

Minister and Permanent Delegate to the UN in New York

minister without portfolio

1952-1956

1956-1971

Dutch Foreign Minister, committed to European unification and involved in the negotiations for the founding of the European Economic Community

NATO Secretary General

1971-1984

2002

deceased

Text of the Certificate of Honour

On Ascension Day, 4 May 1967, in the Coronation Hall of the City Hall, the former Imperial Palace, the International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen was awarded to Joseph Luns, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for his tireless and unwavering commitment to the union of all free peoples of Europe in a strong and forward-looking unity.