biography
pronunciation:
[monay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1979)
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| biography:
| French statesman, born in Cognac, W France. He was educated locally, and in 1914 entered the Ministry of Commerce. A distinguished economist and expert in financial affairs, he became in 1947 commissioner-general of the ‘Plan de modernisation et d'équipement de la France’ (the Monnet plan) that advocated the restoration of a strong French economy by means of centralized planning. Monnet was an internationalist and campaigned for European integration, working out the details of the Schuman Plan. He became president of the European Coal and Steel High Authority (1952–5), and in 1956 was president of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe. His influence on European unification was immense. |
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