Paul Henri-Charles Spaak Biography and Timeline

Birth of Paul Henri-Charles Spaak

Birth of Paul Henri-Charles Spaak

Deputy

Appointedocialist Deputy to the Belgian Parliament

Franco-Belgian Accord

Belgium ends the Franco-Belgian Accord of 1920, after the German Remilitarization of the Rhineland

Role range: 1936-1938

Foreign Secretary of Belgium

Appointed Foreign Secretary

Role range: 1936-1938

Prime Minister of Belgium

Appointed Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st term

Role range: 1938-1939

Neutrality

Belgium declares its neutrality

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1938-1939

Foreign Secretary of Belgium

Appointed Foreign Secretary, 1st term

Role range: 1939-1945

Abdication

Says Leopolds reasons for staying are "mad, stupid, worse still criminal"

Role range: 1939-1945

Foreign Secretary of Belgium

Appointed Foreign Minister

Foreign Secretary of Belgium

Appointed Foreign Minister

Role range: 1939-1945

Charter

Helps draft the Charter of Benelux to later establish the Benelux countries

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1939-1945

Foreign Secretary of Belgium

Appointed Foreign Secretary, 2nd term

Role range: 1946-1950

Prime Minister of Belgium

Appointed Prime Minister of Belgium, 3rd term

Role range: 1947-1949

Prime Minister of Belgium

Appointed Prime Minister of Belgium, 2nd term

Role range: 1947-1949

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance

Role range: 1949-1951

Treaty of NATO

Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance

Role range: 1949-1951

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance

Role range: 1949-1951

Foreign Secretary of Belgium

Appointed Foreign Secretary, 3rd term

Role range: 1954-1957

Government Report

The Spaak report is accepted at the Venice Conference where the decision is taken to organise an InterGovernmental Conference. The InterGovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom focused on economic unity, leading to the Treaties of Rome being signed in 1957 which established the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) among the members

Spaak Report

The Spaak report is accepted at the Venice Conference where the decision is taken to organise an InterGovernmental Conference. The InterGovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom focused on economic unity, leading to the Treaties of Rome being signed in 1957 which established the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) among the members

Conference of Messina

The Messina Conference establishes the Spaak Committee which produced the Spaak report

Government Report

The Messina Conference establishes the Spaak Committee which produced the Spaak report

InterGovernmental Conference

The InterGovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom focused on economic unity, leading to the Treaties of Rome being signed in 1957 which established the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) among the members

Spaak Report

The Messina Conference establishes the Spaak Committee which produced the Spaak report

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Appointed Secretary General of NATO

Role range: 1957-1961

Secretary

Appointed Secretary General of NATO

Role range: 1957-1961

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Appointed Secretary General of NATO

Role range: 1957-1961

Foreign Secretary of Belgium

Appointed Foreign Secretary, 4th term

Role range: 1961-1966