Paul Henri Spaak

1957

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen 1957 für Paul Henri Spaak
Verdienst um Europas Einigung und Sicherheit.

Vita

1899

Born in Schaerbeck near Brussels

Law in Brussels, doctorate in law

Study

1921-1931

Worked as a lawyer in Brussels

30 years as a Socialist Party member of the Belgian Parliament

1932-1966

foreign ministers

1936-1938, 1939-1945, 1945-1947, 1954-1957, 1961-1966

Prime Minister

1938-1939

1947-1950

Prime Minister

Chair of the first plenary assembly of the UN

1946

Draft of the plan for the Belgian-Dutch-Luxembourg merger

Made a decisive contribution to the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community

1957-1961

NATO Secretary General

deceased

1972

Text of the Certificate of Honour

The International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen for the year 1957 was awarded to Paul Henri Spaak on Ascension Day, 30 May 1957, in the Reichssaal of Aachen City Hall, the former imperial palace, in recognition of his outstanding services to the federal unification of the European states, their common economic future and their security.