Jean Monnet

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diplomat founding father of European integration human political economist

Jean Monnet was a French political economist and diplomat regarded as one of the founding fathers of European integration and a key architect of what became the European Union.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomat → founding father of European integration → human → political economist →
awardReceived	Charlemagne Prize → Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
burialPlace	Panthéon, Paris, France →
causeOfDeath	leukemia →
child	Monique Monnet →
commemoratedBy	Jean Monnet Chair (EU-funded academic positions) → Jean Monnet House (museum in Houjarray) → Jean Monnet Programme (EU education and research initiative) → Jean Monnet building (European Commission, Luxembourg) →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1888-11-09 →
dateOfDeath	1979-03-16 →
educatedIn	Cognac (family business training) →
familyName	Monnet →
fieldOfWork	European integration → diplomacy → international economic planning → post-war reconstruction planning →
fullName	Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet →
givenName	Jean →
hasHonoraryTitle	Father of Europe →
ideology	European federalism → pro-Europeanism →
influenced	Alcide De Gasperi → European federalist movement → Konrad Adenauer → Robert Schuman →
knownFor	European integration → Monnet method of functional integration → Schuman Plan → being a founding father of the European Union → founding of the European Coal and Steel Community →
languageSpoken	English → French → Italian →
memberOf	Action Committee for the United States of Europe → French Resistance (political and diplomatic wing) →
nationality	French →
notableWork	Drafting of the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 → French post-war Modernization and Equipment Plan →
occupation	civil servant → diplomat → international official → political economist →
placeOfBirth	Cognac, Charente, France →
placeOfDeath	Houjarray, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France →
positionHeld	Chair of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe → Head of the French General Planning Commission → President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community → Secretary-General of the League of Nations (deputy and acting roles in early years) →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Brussels, Belgium → Houjarray, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France → Paris, France → Washington, D.C., United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Silvia de Bondini →
workLocation	Brussels → London → Paris → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charlemagne Prize → Karlspreis →	notableRecipient
Schuman Declaration →	associatedPerson
Schuman Declaration →	draftedWithAssistanceFrom
Jean Monnet ("Monnet") →	familyName
High Authority of the ECSC →	firstChairperson
Jean Monnet ("Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet") →	fullName
High Authority of the ECSC →	hasChairperson
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations →	hasEmployee
Jean Monnet ("Father of Europe") →	hasHonoraryTitle
Franco-German reconciliation →	hasKeyFigure
Robert Schuman ("Father of Europe") →	honorificTitle
Erasmus+ Jean Monnet actions →	namedAfter