Jean Monnet
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Jean Monnet 🇫🇷

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (Known as "Architecte de l'Europe")
Architecte de l'Europe, Statesman, Political Leader, Historical Figure
Born 1888-11-09 🇫🇷 Cognac, Charente, France
Passed Away 1979-03-16 Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France
Lifespan 90 years old
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"We are not uniting states, we are uniting people."

Archival Overview

Chief architect of European integration, pioneered functional economic cooperation that transformed historic national rivalries into lasting peace.

Biographical Record

Jean Monnet was a French political economist and diplomat. An influential adviser to European governments and the United States during both World Wars, he was the chief inspirer of the 1950 Schuman Plan, founding Commissioner-General of the French National Planning Board, and the first President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community.

Chief architect of European integration, pioneered functional economic cooperation that transformed historic national rivalries into lasting peace.

Key Life Milestones

1946-01-03

French Modernization Plan

Appointed head of the Commissariat général du Plan, directing France's post-war industrial and energy recovery.

1952-08-10

First President of ECSC High Authority

Took office as inaugural President of the European Coal and Steel Community High Authority in Luxembourg.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Panthéon, Paris, France
Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France
GPS: 48.8566, 2.3522
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