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Luxembourgish politician

Raymond Vouel
Vouel in 1977

European Commissioner for Competition
In office 6 January 1977 – 6 January 1981
President	Roy Jenkins
Preceded by	Albert Borschette
Succeeded by	Frans Andriessen
Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg
In office 15 June 1974 – 21 July 1976
Prime Minister	Gaston Thorn
Preceded by	Eugène Schaus
Succeeded by	Bernard Berg

Personal details
Born	(1923-04-08)8 April 1923 Rumelange, Luxembourg
Died	12 February 1987(1987-02-12) (aged 63)
Political party	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
Military service
Allegiance	Free France United States
Branch/service	French Resistance United States Army
Battles/wars	World War II

Raymond Vouel (8 April 1923 – 12 February 1987) was a Luxembourgish politician who was Deputy Prime Minister in the Thorn-Vouel cabinet, a coalition between Vouel's Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Gaston Thorn's Democratic Party. On 21 July 1976, Vouel left the government to join the European Commission as European Commissioner for Competition.

Vouel was born on 8 April 1923 in Rumelange. During World War II he was a member of the French Resistance and later served as a translator for the United States Army. He was also a journalist for the socialist daily newspaper Tageblatt, writing articles on international affairs.

References

"Another new face on the EC Commission" (PDF). European Community Information Service. 22 July 1976. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

Political offices
Preceded byEugène Schaus	Deputy Prime Minister 1974–1976	Succeeded byBernard Berg
Preceded byPierre Werner	Minister for Finances 1974–1976	Succeeded byJacques Poos
Preceded byAlbert Borschette	European Commissioner for Competition 1976–1981	Succeeded byFrans Andriessen

v t e Werner-Cravatte Ministry (1964 – 1969)
Pierre Werner Henry Cravatte
Nicolas Biever (1964–7) Albert Bousser Jean-Pierre Büchler Émile Colling (1964–7) Jean Dupong (1967–9) Marcel Fischbach (1964–7) Madeleine Frieden-Kinnen (1967–9) Pierre Grégoire Antoine Krier (1967–9) Raymond Vouel Antoine Wehenkel

v t e Thorn (1974 – 1979)
Gaston Thorn Bernard Berg Raymond Vouel (1974–6)
Josy Barthel (1977–9) Albert Berchem Jean Hamilius Émile Krieps Robert Krieps Guy Linster Marcel Mart (1974–7) Jacques Poos (1976–9) Maurice Thoss Jos Wohlfart

v t e European Commissioners for Competition
von der Groeben Sassen Borschette Vouel Andriessen Sutherland Brittan Van Miert Monti Kroes Almunia

v t e European Commissioners from Luxembourg
Michel Rasquin Lambert Schaus Victor Bodson Albert Borschette Raymond Vouel Gaston Thorn Nicolas Mosar Jean Dondelinger René Steichen Jacques Santer Viviane Reding Martine Reicherts Jean-Claude Juncker Nicolas Schmit

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