| Biography | Paul Henri Charles Spaak (25 January 1899 31 July 1972) was a Belgian Socialist politician and statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Belgium (19381939, 1946 and 19471949), as the first President of the United Nations General Assembly (19461957), as the first President of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (19521954), as the first President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, then called the Consultative Assembly (1949-50), and as the second Secretary General of NATO (19571961). He received the Charlemagne Prize in 1957 and the 19781979 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour. |