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Paul-Henri Charles Spaak Biography and Timeline

Follow Paul-Henri Charles Spaak through 11 dated historical records for Belgium.

Paul-Henri Charles Spaak, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1955–1957Years on this page

1955

Messina Conference

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Messina · Government / Government of Belgium

Represents Belgium at the Messina Conference and later chairs the committee on the common market.

Role range: 1955-1955 – 1954-1957

Treaty of Rome

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Messina · Government / Government of Belgium

Spaak attends the Messina Conference as the Six relaunch negotiations on a common market and atomic-energy community.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

Treaty of Rome

Foreign Minister · Chair of Intergovernmental Committee · Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Spaak chairs the constituent meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee created to prepare proposals for a common market and Euratom.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

Spaak Committee

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Chairs the committee charged with preparing proposals for a European common market and Euratom.

Role range: 1955-1956 – 1954-1957

1956

Spaak Report

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Presents the Spaak Report recommending a common market and atomic energy community.

Role range: 1956-1956 – 1954-1957

Treaty of Rome

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Venice · Government / Government of Belgium

Spaak joins the Venice Conference, where the Six accept the Spaak Report as the basis for treaty negotiations.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

1957

Treaty of Rome

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Paris · Government / Government of Belgium

Spaak represents Belgium at the Paris conference that resolves the final political obstacles before signature in Rome.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

Euratom Treaty

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Rome · Government / Government of Belgium

Signs the Euratom Treaty for Belgium at the Rome ceremony.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

Treaty of Rome

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Rome · Government / Government of Belgium

Signs the Treaty of Rome for Belgium after chairing the committee that prepared the common-market proposals.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

Treaty of Rome

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Rome · Government / Government of Belgium

Signs the Treaty of Rome for Belgium after leading earlier work on the common market through the Spaak Committee.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

Common Market Policy

Foreign Minister · Foreign Minister of Belgium · Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Presents the common market as a practical route to wider European integration.

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1954-1957

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.