Etienne de la Vallee Poussin
 Etienne de la Vallee Poussin    (politician) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 November 1903 Brussels, Belgium | |||||||||||
| Died | 4 October 1996 (Age 92) Brussels, Belgium | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain | |||||||||||
| Religion | Catholic | |||||||||||
| Parents | • Xavier de La Vallée Poussin • Evelyne de Francquen • Blanche Le Roux de Bretagne | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Jacqueline Thibaut de Maisières | |||||||||||
| Member of | Action Committee for the United States of Europe | |||||||||||
| Party | Catholic Party (Belgium) | |||||||||||
Belgian politician active in the European Movement who attended the first Bilderberg and three more in the 1950s
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Étienne C. A. G. G. M. J. de La Vallée Poussin Le Roux de Bretagne was a Belgian politician who attended the first Bilderberg and three more in the 1950s. In the European field, he campaigned from 1959 within the Action Committee for the United States of Europe (Monnet Committee) and became president of the Belgian Council of the European Movement.[1]
Background
He was a son of Xavier de la Vallée Poussin and Evelyne de Francquen and was the adopted son of Blanche Le Roux de Bretagne. He married Jacqueline Thibaut de Maisières (1920-2007) in 1979 (he was 76 at the time).
Education
He received a doctorate in law (1925) and a licentiate in economics (1932) from the University of Louvain. He was associated with the Institut de recherches économiques et sociales[2], like Robert Triffin et de Paul van Zeeland.[3]
He became a lawyer and company administrator.
Career
He became politically active through his election as a municipal councillor in Sint-Joost-ten-Node (1938-1946).
In 1946 he was elected senator for the arrondissement of Brussels. He sat until 1961. He was then appointed (specifically, elected by the state senators of his language group) senator until 1968. He was also a member of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe.
De la Vallée Poussin was particularly active in all kinds of institutions and associations that sought European unification. He was vice-president of the College of Europe in Bruges.
On 19 November 1953 he voted in the Senate as the only CVP member for the application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Belgian Congo.[4]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1954 | 29 May 1954 | 31 May 1954 | Netherlands Hotel Bilderberg Oosterbeek | The first Bilderberg meeting, attended by 68 men from Europe and the US, including 20 businessmen, 25 politicians, 5 financiers & 4 academics. |
| Bilderberg/1955 September | 23 September 1955 | 25 September 1955 | Germany Bavaria Garmisch-Partenkirchen | The third Bilderberg, in West Germany. The subject of a report by Der Spiegel which inspired a heavy blackout of subsequent meetings. |
| Bilderberg/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark Fredensborg | The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after |
| Bilderberg/1957 October | 4 October 1957 | 6 October 1957 | Italy Fiuggi | The 6th Bilderberg meeting, the latest ever in the year and the first one in Italy. |
