Paul-Henri Spaak

Who was Paul-Henri Spaak?

Paul Henri Charles Spaak was a Belgian socialist politician and statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Belgium, as the first President of the United Nations General Assembly, as the first President of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, as the first President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, then called the Consultative Assembly, and as the second Secretary General of NATO. He received the Charlemagne Prize in 1957 and the 1978–1979 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.