Everything about Tienne Davignon totally explained
Étienne, Viscount Davignon (born
October 4,
1932) is a
Belgian politician,
businessman, and former vice-president of the
European Commission.
After receiving a Doctorate of Law from the
Université catholique de Louvain, Davignon joined the Belgian Foreign Ministry, in
1959, and within two years had become an
attaché under
Paul-Henri Spaak, then
Minister of Foreign Affairs. He remained in Belgian government until
1965. In
1970, he chaired the committee of experts which produced the
Davignon report on foreign policy for Europe.
Davignon later became the first head of the
International Energy Agency, from
1974 to
1977, before becoming a member of the European Commission, of which he was vice-president from
1981 till
1985. From
1989 to
2001, he was chairman of the Belgian bank
Société Générale de Belgique, which is now part of the French supplier
Suez and wasn't an arm of the French bank
Société Générale, but a Belgian institution. He is now Vice Chairman of Suez subsidiary, Suez-Tractebel.
As chairman of Société Générale de Belgique, he was a member of the
European Round Table of Industrialists. He is the current co-chairman of the
EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table, chairman of the Paul-Henri Spaak Foundation, president of the
Royal Institute for International Relations, chairman of [CSREurope], chairman of the
European Academy of Business in Society and current chairman of the annual
Bilderberg conference.
Étienne Davignon is chairman of the board of directors of
Brussels Airlines, which he co-founded after the bankruptcy of
Sabena. He is also member of the board of numerous Belgian companies.
On
January 26,
2004, Davignon was given the honorary title of
Minister of State, giving him a seat on the Crown Council.
He also is a crucial member of the Strategic Advisory Panel of The European Business Awards. He is a member of the
Cercle Gaulois and a member of the Advisory Board of the
Itinera Institute think-tank.
Étienne's grandfather,
Julien Davignon, also served in the government of Belgium, being Minister for Foreign Affairs in
1914, at the outbreak of
World War I.
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