Walter Hallstein (17 November 1901 – 29 March 1982) was a German politician and professor. November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...

He was one of the key figures of European integration after World War II, becoming the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community. His name is associated with the "Hallstein Doctrine", by which the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) attempted to block the recognition of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), the Peoples Republic of Poland and other communist states. World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... The Hallstein Doctrine, named after Walter Hallstein, was a key doctrine in the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) between 1955 and 1969. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a socialist country that existed from 1949 to 1990. ... The Peoples Republic of Poland or Polish Peoples Republic (Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1989, during its period of rule by the Communist party, officially called the Polish United Workers Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, or PZPR). ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a popular movement. ...

Hallstein was born in Mainz, Germany. He studied law in Bonn, Munich and Berlin and graduated in 1925 with a doctoral dissertation on the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles with regard to insurance policies. From 1926 he worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Foreign Private and International Private Law in Berlin. In 1930, at the age of 28, he was appointed professor for private law and company law at the University of Rostock, where he remained until 1941. In 1941] he was appointed professor of civil law at the University of Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main). He was also, at the same time, director of the university's Institute for Comparative Law and Commercial Law. Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Corruption Jurisprudence Philosophy of law Law (principle) List of legal abbreviations Legal code Intent Letter versus Spirit Natural Justice Natural law Religious law Witness intimidation Legal research Critical legal studies External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary... Bonn is a city in Germany (Population (2004 est): 313,605 ; the 19th largest city in Germany), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the thesis in dialectics and academia. ... Woodrow Wilson with the American Peace Commissioners The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 is the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Rostock (Slavic origin: roztoka, Polish: Roztoka) is a city in northern Germany. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ...

From 1942 he served in the Army, serving as a first lieutenant (Oberleutnant) in Northern France. He was taken prisoner in 1944. While in a prisoner-of-war camp in Mississippi (1944-1946), he started a "camp university", where he held law courses for the prisoners. This article is about the year. ... Wehrmacht   listen? was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... First Lieutenant is a military rank. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Austro-Hungarian POWs in Russia; a 1915 photo by Prokudin-Gorskii A prisoner of war (POW, PoW, or PW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... State nickname: Magnolia State Other U.S. States Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Governor Haley Barbour (R) Official languages English Area 125,546 km² (32nd)  - Land 121,606 km²  - Water 3,940 km² (3%) Population (2000)  - Population 2,697,243 (31st)  - Density 23. ... Corruption Jurisprudence Philosophy of law Law (principle) List of legal abbreviations Legal code Intent Letter versus Spirit Natural Justice Natural law Religious law Witness intimidation Legal research Critical legal studies External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...

In 1946 he returned to Frankfurt University, where he was elected rector of the university. From 1948 he spent a year in the United States as guest professor at Georgetown University (Washington DC), teaching International Relations. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Georgetown University Georgetown University is a major research university in the United States. ... ...

In June, 1951 the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, appointed him state secretary (a top-ranking civil servant) in the Chancellor's Office (Kanzleramt) and made him head of the German delegation for the Schuman Plan negotiations. A few months later he was made state secretary at the foreign ministry. In September 1955 he was responsible for the policy that bears his name, the Hallstein Doctrine, though much of the work formulating this is said to have actually been done by his deputy Wilhelm Grewe. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. ... Konrad Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a conservative German statesman. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hallstein Doctrine, named after Walter Hallstein, was a key doctrine in the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) between 1955 and 1969. ...

Hallstein remained at the foreign ministry until the beginning of 1958 and played a major part in the negotiations on the EEC and Euratom treaties. On January 7, 1958 he was elected first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community (now the European Commission), in Brussels, a post he was to retain until 1967. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... The European Atomic Energy Community, or EURATOM, is an international organisation composed of the members of the European Union. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As a proponent of a federal Europe with a strong Commission and Parliament, he was opposed to de Gaulle's vision of a "Europe des Etats" (Europe of States) with more power retained by national governments, and in September 1967 he was forced to resign as president of the Commission. The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (   listen?) (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as le général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1967 onward, he wrote and was active in German politics. From 1969 to 1972 he was a member of the Bundestag (the lower house of the German federal parliament) for the CDU. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... The Christian Democratic Union (CDU - Christlich-Demokratische Union) is a political party in Germany, founded after World War II by Konrad Adenauer, among others. ...

From 1968 to 1974 he was president of the council of the European Movement. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The European Movement is an international lobby association that coordinates the efforts of associations and private individuals desiring to work towards the construction of a united Europe. ...

He died in Stuttgart on March 29, 1982, at the age of 80. Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 600,000 as of May 2005. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Honours

During his lifetime Walter Hallstein received honorary doctorates from nine European and nine American universities, including the universities of Hamburg, Padua, Columbia, Georgetown, and Harvard.

In 1961 he was awarded the Charlemagne prize (Karlspreis) by the City of Aachen for his efforts in the cause of European federation. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bill Clinton received the Karlspreis in 2000. ... Bill Clinton received the Karlspreis in 2000. ... Map of Germany showing Aachen Aachen (French Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch Aken) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46′ N 6°6′ E. Population: 256...

In 1997, the Walter Hallstein Institute for European Constitutional Law at the Humboldt University in Berlin was named in his honour. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternative meaning: Humboldt State University, located in Arcata, California Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is the successor to Berlins oldest university, the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), founded in 1810 by the liberal Prussian educational reformer...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...

References

Books on Walter Hallstein

Loth, Wilfried (Editor), William Wallace (Editor), Wolfgang Wessels (Editor), Bryan Ruppert (Translator). "Walter Hallstein: The Forgotten European?"; Palgrave Macmillan; November 1998, ISBN 0-31-221293-3

External links

Biographical details

Photograph "Commission Walter Hallstein (1962 - 1967) ", including an individual photograph of Walter Hallstein at various resolutions (from the audio-visual library of the European Commission;):
http://europa.eu.int/comm/mediatheque/photo/select/hall2_en.html

The History of the European Union: A chronology from 1946 to 2003
europa.eu.int/abc/history/index_en.htm

Biography of Walter Hallstein at the German Historical Museum (German)
www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/HallsteinWalter

Biography of Walter Hallstein at a semi-official French web site (French)
www.info-europe.fr/europe.web/seb.dir/seb03.dir/hallstein/hallstein.htm

Biography of Walter Hallstein at the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (German) www1.kas.de/publikationen/2001/europa/hallstein_vita.html

Brief portrait of Walter Hallstein at the official web site for Charlemagne Prize awards (German)
www.karlspreis.de/portrait/1961.html

Institutions

Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (English)
www1.kas.de/stiftung/englisch/intro.html

Walter Hallstein Institute (German)
www.whi-berlin.de

Charlemagne prize foundation (German); includes a list of recipients
www.karlspreis.de

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