Robert Lemaignen

Robert Lemaignen
Lemaignen in 1961
European Commissioner for Overseas Development
In office 7 January 1958 – 9 January 1962
President	Walter Hallstein
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Henri Rochereau
Personal details
Born	(1893-03-15)15 March 1893 Blois, France
Died	3 April 1980(1980-04-03) (aged 87) Paris, France

Robert Lemaignen (15 March 1893 – 3 April 1980) was a right-wing French European Commissioner.

He was appointed as one of the first French European Commissioners on the first Hallstein Commission from 1958 to 1962. He did not remain a member of the second Hallstein commission and was succeeded as commissioner by Henri Rochereau. Lemaignen had responsibility for Overseas development.

Lemaignen had previously been the vice-president of the French employers federation (with extensive African experience).

References

External links

• NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM, August 2004 Working Paper on Macroeconomic and Monetary policy-making at the European Commission 1957 to 1969
• Robert Lemaignen 1960 document on the association of Overseas Territories with the European Community

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European Commission (1958–1962: First Hallstein Commission)

• Walter Hallstein (West Germany)
• Piero Malvestiti (Italy)*
• Giuseppe Caron† (Italy)
• Sicco Mansholt (Netherlands)
• Robert Marjolin (France)
• Hans von der Groeben (West Germany)
• Robert Lemaignen (France)
• Giuseppe Petrilli (Italy)
• Lionello Levi Sandri (Italy)
• Jean Rey (Belgium)
• Michel Rasquin** (Luxembourg)
• Lambert Schaus† (Luxembourg)

*resigned – **died – †replacement