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'''Étienne Davignon''' is a [[deep politician]], former [[Bilderberg/Steering committee/Chairman|chair]] of the [[Bilderberg Steering committee]] and [[Egmont Institute/President|president]] of the [[Egmont Institute]].
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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After receiving a Doctorate of Law from the [[Université catholique de Louvain]], Davignon joined the Belgian Foreign Ministry, in 1959, and within two years had become an [[attaché]] under fellow [[Bilderberg]]er-to-be [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], then [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Belgium)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], who would later be [[NATO Secretary General]].<ref name="csr">
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After receiving a Doctorate of Law from the [[Université catholique de Louvain]], Davignon joined the Belgian Foreign Ministry, in 1959, and within two years had become an [[attaché]] under [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], then [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Belgium)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (a fellow [[Bilderberg]]er-to-be who would later be [[NATO Secretary General]]).<ref name="csr"/>
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As chairman of Société Générale de Belgique, Étienne Davignon was a member of the [[European Round Table of Industrialists]].<ref name="csr">http://www.csreurope.org/pages/en/davignon.html</ref>  
  
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As chairman of Société Générale de Belgique, Étienne Davignon was a member of the [[European Round Table of Industrialists]].<ref name="csr">{{cite web|url=http://www.csreurope.org/pages/en/davignon.html|title=''Etienne Davignon, President of CSR Europe''|publisher=CSR Europe|accessdate=30 January 2010}}</ref>  
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Davignon later became the first head of the [[International Energy Agency]],<ref name="csr"/> from 1974 to 1977, before becoming a member of the European Commission, of which he was vice-president from 1981 till 1985. From 1989 to 2001, he was chairman of the Belgian bank [[Société Générale de Belgique]], which is now part of the French supplier [[Suez (company)|Suez]] and was not an arm of the French bank [[Société Générale]], but a Belgian institution. He is now Vice Chairman of Suez subsidiary, Suez-Tractebel.<ref>http://people.forbes.com/profile/etienne-f-davignon/36995</ref>
  
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Davignon later became the first head of the [[International Energy Agency]],<ref name="csr"/> from 1974 to 1977, before becoming a member of the European Commission, of which he was vice-president from 1981 till 1985. From 1989 to 2001, he was chairman of the Belgian bank [[Société Générale de Belgique]], which is now part of the French supplier [[Suez (company)|Suez]] and was not an arm of the French bank [[Société Générale]], but a Belgian institution. He is now Vice Chairman of Suez subsidiary, Suez-Tractebel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.forbes.com/profile/etienne-f-davignon/36995|title=''Etienne F. Davignon''|work=Forbes |accessdate=30 January 2010}}</ref>
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He was/is on the board of [[Kissinger Associates]], and has also been board member of [[Anglo American Mining]], [[Gilead Sciences]], ICI, Pechiney, Foamex, [[Fiat]], [[BASF]], [[Solvay]], Sofina, Recticel, CMB, Cumerio, Brussels Airlines, BIAC, [[Petrofina]], Bozar and others.<ref>https://www.investigaction.net/fr/quand-etienne-davignon-refait-lhistoire-du-congo/</ref>
  
 
==Bilderberg==
 
==Bilderberg==
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Davignon attended many [[Bilderberg conference]]s (at least as far back as 1977) and took over from [[Peter Carrington]] as chairman of the annual [[Bilderberg Group|Bilderberg conference]] in 1998, chairing until 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4290944.stm |title=Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group |publisher=BBC News |date=29 September 2005}}</ref> He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/governance.html|title=Steering Committee|work=bilderbergmeetings.org|publisher=[[Bilderberg Group]]|accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref>
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Davignon attended many [[Bilderberg conference]]s (at least as far back as 1977) and took over from [[Peter Carrington]] as chairman of the annual [[Bilderberg Group|Bilderberg conference]] in 1998, chairing until 2011.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4290944.stm </ref> He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.<ref>http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/governance.html</ref> He moderated the [[1986 Bilderberg]] discussion on 'Current Events: Terrorism'.
  
 
=== Euro creation===
 
=== Euro creation===
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Étienne Davignon stated in a 2009 interview that the [[Bilderberg]] group "helped create the [[euro]] in the 1990s"<ref>https://euobserver.com/political/27778</ref>, a claim which is given credence by a leaked report of the 1955 [[Bilderberg]] meeting which mentions a desire for a single European currency.
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Étienne Davignon stated in a 2009 interview that the [[Bilderberg]] group "helped create the [[euro]] in the 1990s"<ref>https://euobserver.com/political/27778</ref>, a claim which is given credence by the leadership of the [[European Monetary Institute]], the [[European Central Bank]] and by a leaked report of the 1955 [[Bilderberg]] meeting which mentions a desire for a single European currency.
 
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Latest revision as of 06:02, 29 March 2022

Person.png Étienne Davignon   Facebook IMDB PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(deep politician, politician, Belgian nobility)
Étienne Davignon.jpg
Born1932-10-04
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityBelgian
Alma materCatholic University of Louvain
Member ofBilderberg/Steering committee, Centre for European Policy Studies, European Round Table of Industrialists, Friends of Europe, Gilead Sciences, Kissinger Associates, Le Siècle, Trilateral Commission
PartyHumanist Democratic Centre
Belgian deep politician, EU commissioner, Bilderberg chairman, Egmont Institute president

Étienne Davignon is a deep politician, former chair of the Bilderberg Steering committee and president of the Egmont Institute.

Career

After receiving a Doctorate of Law from the Université catholique de Louvain, Davignon joined the Belgian Foreign Ministry, in 1959, and within two years had become an attaché under Paul-Henri Spaak, then Minister of Foreign Affairs (a fellow Bilderberger-to-be who would later be NATO Secretary General).[1]

As chairman of Société Générale de Belgique, Étienne Davignon was a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists.[1]

Davignon later became the first head of the International Energy Agency,[1] from 1974 to 1977, before becoming a member of the European Commission, of which he was vice-president from 1981 till 1985. From 1989 to 2001, he was chairman of the Belgian bank Société Générale de Belgique, which is now part of the French supplier Suez and was not an arm of the French bank Société Générale, but a Belgian institution. He is now Vice Chairman of Suez subsidiary, Suez-Tractebel.[2]

He was/is on the board of Kissinger Associates, and has also been board member of Anglo American Mining, Gilead Sciences, ICI, Pechiney, Foamex, Fiat, BASF, Solvay, Sofina, Recticel, CMB, Cumerio, Brussels Airlines, BIAC, Petrofina, Bozar and others.[3]

Bilderberg

Davignon attended many Bilderberg conferences (at least as far back as 1977) and took over from Peter Carrington as chairman of the annual Bilderberg conference in 1998, chairing until 2011.[4] He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.[5] He moderated the 1986 Bilderberg discussion on 'Current Events: Terrorism'.

Euro creation

Étienne Davignon stated in a 2009 interview that the Bilderberg group "helped create the euro in the 1990s"[6], a claim which is given credence by the leadership of the European Monetary Institute, the European Central Bank and by a leaked report of the 1955 Bilderberg meeting which mentions a desire for a single European currency.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197221 April 197223 April 1972Belgium
Hotel La Reserve
Knokke		The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission.
Bilderberg/197419 April 197421 April 1974France
Hotel Mont d' Arbois
Megève		The 23rd Bilderberg, held in France
Bilderberg/197722 April 197724 April 1977United Kingdom
Imperial Hotel
Torquay		The 25th Bilderberg, held in Torquay, England.
Bilderberg/197821 April 197823 April 1978US
New Jersey
Princeton University		The 26th Bilderberg, held in the US
Bilderberg/198018 April 198020 April 1980Germany
Aachen		The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror
Bilderberg/198313 May 198315 May 1983Canada
Quebec
Château Montebello		The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/198411 May 198413 May 1984Sweden
Saltsjöbaden		The 32nd Bilderberg, held in Sweden
Bilderberg/198510 May 198512 May 1985New York
US
Arrowwood of Westchester
Rye Brook		The 33rd Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/198625 April 198627 April 1986Scotland
Gleneagles Hotel		The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants
Bilderberg/198724 April 198726 April 1987Italy
Cernobbio		35th Bilderberg, in Italy, 106 participants
Bilderberg/19883 June 19885 June 1988Austria
Interalpen-Hotel
Telfs-Buchen		The 36th meeting, 114 participants
Bilderberg/198912 May 198914 May 1989Spain
Galicia
La Toja Island		37th Bilderberg meeting, 110 guests
Bilderberg/199010 May 199013 May 1990New York
US
Glen Cove		38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests
Bilderberg/19916 June 19919 June 1991Germany
Baden-Baden
Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof		The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests
Bilderberg/199221 May 199224 May 1992France
Royal Club Evian
Evian-les-Bains		The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants.
Bilderberg/19942 June 19945 June 1994Finland
Helsinki		The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki.
Bilderberg/19958 June 199511 June 1995Greece
Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel
Vouliagmeni		The 43rd Bilderberg. Held at the Burgenstock Hotel in Burgenstock, Switzerland.
Bilderberg/199630 May 19962 June 1996Canada
Toronto		The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/199712 June 199715 June 1997US
Lake Lanier
Georgia (State)		The 45th Bilderberg meeting
Bilderberg/199814 May 199817 May 1998Scotland
Turnberry		The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Bilderberg/19993 June 19996 June 1999Portugal
Sintra		The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants
Bilderberg/200124 May 200127 May 2001Sweden
Stenungsund		The 49th Bilderberg, in Sweden. Reported on the WWW.
Bilderberg/200230 May 20022 June 2002US
Virginia
Chantilly
Westfields Marriott		The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia.
Bilderberg/200315 May 200318 May 2003France
Versailles		The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France
Bilderberg/20043 June 20046 June 2004Italy
Stresa		The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests
Bilderberg/20055 May 20058 May 2005Germany
Rottach-Egern		The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests
Bilderberg/20068 June 200611 June 2006Canada
Ottawa		54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests
Bilderberg/200731 May 20073 June 2007Turkey
Istanbul		The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey
Bilderberg/20085 June 20088 June 2008US
Virginia
Chantilly		The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
Bilderberg/200914 May 200917 May 2009Greece
Vouliagmeni		The 57th Bilderberg
Bilderberg/20136 June 20139 June 2013Watford
UK		The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting.
Bilderberg/201429 May 20141 June 2014Denmark
Copenhagen
Marriott Hotel		The 62nd Bilderberg, with 136 guests, held in Copenhagen
Bilderberg/201930 May 20192 June 2019Switzerland
Montreux		The 67th Bilderberg Meeting
Brussels Forum/2007Belgium
Brussels		Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/200920 March 200922 March 2009Belgium
Brussels		Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/201125 March 201127 March 2011Belgium
Brussels		Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
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References

  1. ↑ a b c http://www.csreurope.org/pages/en/davignon.html
  2. ↑ http://people.forbes.com/profile/etienne-f-davignon/36995
  3. ↑ https://www.investigaction.net/fr/quand-etienne-davignon-refait-lhistoire-du-congo/
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4290944.stm
  5. ↑ http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/governance.html
  6. ↑ https://euobserver.com/political/27778
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