Paul-Henri Spaak

Paul-Henri Spaak

Paul Henri Charles Spaak (25 January 1899 – 31 July 1972) was a Belgian Socialist politician and statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Belgium (1938–1939, 1946 and 1947–1949), as the first President of the United Nations General Assembly (1946–1957), as the first President of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (1952–1954), and as the second Secretary General of NATO (1957–1961). He received the Charlemagne Prize in 1957 and the 1978–1979 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.