Dirk Spierenburg

Dirk Spierenburg
Spierenburg in 1952
Vice-President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
In office
1957–1962
Member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
In office
1952–1962
Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities
In office
1963–1971
Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to NATO
In office
1971–1974
Personal details
BornDirk Pieter Spierenburg
(1909-02-04)4 February 1909
Died27 August 2001(2001-08-27) (aged 92)

Dirk Pieter Spierenburg (4 February 1909 – 27 August 2001) was a Dutch politician and diplomat, born in Rotterdam.

He was a member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, serving in the Monnet Authority from 1952 and was in charge of external relations. He later wrote the Spierenburg report on reform in 1979 of the European Commission which was only partly heeded.

Publications

  • with Raymond Poidevin, The History of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community: Supranationality in Operation (1994).[1]
  • (chair) Europese Unie. Rapport van de Adviescommissie Europese Unie (1975).[2]


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