Robert Schuman

Luxembourgish-born German-French statesman and Venerable (1886-1963)

  • Fame61.3
  • Momentum2.3
  • Wikipedia28.1K
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Lived 1886–1963, aged 77France
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    67 languages
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  • Era
    1886–1963
    Aged 77
  • Known for
    Nashornjagd in Deutsch…
    1913
Summary
Updated 2026-06-10

The French foreign minister who, in 1950, proposed pooling Europe's coal and steel — the industries of war — under shared authority. That declaration became the seed of what's now the European Union.

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About

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman was born in Luxembourg on 29 June 1886 and became a French statesman and Christian democratic thinker. He served twice as Prime Minister of France, and held posts as Minister of Finance and Foreign Minister in the postwar years. In those roles he helped build the architecture that would bind Europe and the Atlantic: he was instrumental in founding the European Communities, the Council of Europe, and NATO. The Schuman Declaration he proposed established the European Coal and Steel Community, the direct predecessor of the EU. The College of Europe named its 1…

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Historical25.0
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Source confidence70.0
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