Albert Coppé

Albert Coppé
European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget
In office 1 July 1970 – 6 January 1973
President	Franco Maria Malfatti Sicco Mansholt
Preceded by	Lionello Levi Sandri (Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration) Victor Bodson (Transport) Himself (Budgets, Credit, Investment, Press and Information)
Succeeded by	Patrick Hillery (Social Affairs) Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza (Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy and Transport) Wilhelm Haferkamp (Economics, Finance, Credit and Investments)
European Commissioner for Budgets, Credit, Investment, Press and Information
In office 2 July 1967 – 1 July 1970
President	Jean Rey
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself (Social Affairs, Transport and Budget) Position abolished
President of the European Coal and Steel Community Acting
In office 1 March 1967 – 2 July 1967
Preceded by	Rinaldo Del Bo
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	26 November 1911(1911-11-26) Bruges, Belgium
Died	30 March 1999(1999-03-30) (aged 87) Tervuren, Belgium
Political party	Christian Democratic and Flemish

Albert Coppé (Bruges 26 November 1911 - Tervuren, 30 March 1999) was a Belgian and European politician and economist. He was a founding member of the CDV party and served in the European Commission as Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport & Budget under the Malfatti & Mansholt Commissions. He also led an interim High Authority in the European Coal and Steel Community in 1967.

See also

• High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community

Political offices
Preceded by Rinaldo Del Bo	President of the European Coal and Steel Community Acting 1967	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Jean Rey	Belgian European Commissioner 1967–1973 Served alongside: Jean Rey	Succeeded by Henri Simonet
New office	European Commissioner for Budgets, Credit, Investment, Press and Information 1967–1970	Succeeded by Himself as European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget
		Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Lionello Levi Sandri as European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration	European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport and Budget 1970–1973	Succeeded by Patrick Hillery as European Commissioner for Social Affairs
Preceded by Victor Bodson as European Commissioner for Transport		Succeeded by Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza as European Commissioner for Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy and Transport
Preceded by Himself as European Commissioner for Budgets, Credit, Investment, Press and Information		Succeeded by Wilhelm Haferkamp as European Commissioner for Economics, Finance, Credit and Investments