Robert Schuman Medal, EPP Group
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Robert Schuman Medal named after Robert Schuman
is awarded to several people annually by the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) in the European Parliament
since 1986.
Robert Schuman
Robert Schuman was a noted Luxembourgish-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian Democrat and an independent political thinker and activist...
is awarded to several people annually by the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) in the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
since 1986.
List of people awarded the Robert Schuman Medal
| Name | Awarded on |
|---|---|
| E.M.J.A. Sassen | July 8, 1986 |
| Alain Poher Alain Poher Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French centrist politician, affiliated first with the Popular Republican Movement and later with the Democratic Centre. He served as a Senator for Val-de-Marne from 1946 to 1995. He was President of the Senate from 3 October 1968 to 1 October 1992 and, in that... |
July 8, 1986 |
| Hans-August Lücker | July 8, 1986 |
| Alfred Bertrand | July 8, 1986 |
| Paolo Barbi | July 8, 1986 |
| Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Pflimlin Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin was a French Christian democratic politician who served as the penultimate Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the crisis of that year.-Life:... |
July 8, 1986 |
| Leo Tindemans | July 8, 1986 |
| Emilio Colombo Emilio Colombo Emilio Colombo is an Italian politician who was Prime Minister of Italy from 1970 to 1972. In addition to having held top positions in Italian governments, he was also active in European politics.-Biography:... |
July 8, 1986 |
| Helmut Kohl Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998... |
July 8, 1986 |
| Jacques Santer | July 8, 1986 |
| Konstantinos Mitsotakis | September 23, 1986 |
| Konstantinos Karamanlis | September 23, 1986 |
| Willem Vergeer | February 18, 1987 |
| Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti is an Italian politician of the now dissolved centrist Christian Democracy party. He served as the 42nd Prime Minister of Italy from 1972 to 1973, from 1976 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1992. He also served as Minister of the Interior , Defense Minister and Foreign Minister and he... |
March 2, 1987 |
| Flaminio Piccoli Flaminio Piccoli frame|Flaminio Piccoli.Flaminio Piccoli was an Italian politician, a member of Christian Democracy .... |
March 4, 1987 |
| Mariano Rumor Mariano Rumor Mariano Rumor was an Italian politician, a member of the Democrazia Cristiana and the 40th Prime Minister of Italy.He was born in Vicenza, Veneto... |
March 24, 1987 |
| Piet Bukman Piet Bukman Pieter Bukman is a former Dutch politician.He was President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, first chairman of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal and second President of the European People's Party from 1985 to 1987.-References:... |
April 1, 1987 |
| Karl-Josef Hahn | April 10, 1987 |
| Miquel Coll I Alentorn | May 9, 1987 |
| Bruno Heck Bruno Heck Bruno Heck was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union .Heck was born into a poor Swabian catholic family. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tübingen. From 1957 to 1976 Heck was a member of the German Bundestag.Heck was Minister of Family Affairs and Youth from... |
July 2, 1987 |
| Pierre Werner | July 2, 1987 |
| Kai-Uwe von Hassel Kai-Uwe von Hassel Kai-Uwe von Hassel was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the CDU party.Von Hassel was born in Gare, German East Africa .... |
February 11, 1988 |
| Francesco Cosentino | December 13, 1988 |
| Lorenzo Natali | December 13, 1988 |
| Peter Sutherland Peter Sutherland Peter Denis Sutherland, KCMG is an Irish international businessman and former Attorney General of Ireland, associated with the Fine Gael party . He is a barrister by profession, and is also Senior Counsel at the Irish Bar... |
December 13, 1988 |
| Karlheinz Narjes | December 13, 1988 |
| Nicolas Mosar Nicolas Mosar Nicolas Mosar was a Luxembourg politician, jurist, and diplomat.A Christian Social People's Party member, Mosar was elected to the communal council of Luxembourg City in 1959, and sat in the council until 1984, including a period as an échevin... |
December 13, 1988 |
| Lord Plumb | July 24, 1989 |
| Johanna Maij-Weggen | May 1, 1990 |
| Jean-Claude Juncker Jean-Claude Juncker Jean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourg politician, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Luxembourg, since 20 January 1995. He is the longest standing head of government of any European Union state... |
July 8, 1991 |
| Norbert Schmelzer Norbert Schmelzer Wilhelm Klaus Norbert Schmelzer was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal . Serving numerus positions in his career including Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 6, 1971 until May 11, 1973... |
July 8, 1991 |
| Ruud Lubbers Ruud Lubbers Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from November 4, 1982 until August 22, 1994.... |
December 11, 1991 |
| Egon A. Klepsch | January 14, 1992 |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981... |
July 13, 1993 |
| Filippo Maria Pandolfi Filippo Maria Pandolfi Filippo Maria Pandolfi is an Italian former politician, minister and European commissioner.- Biography:Born in Bergamo, Pandolfi graduated in philosophy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, taught for some years and then worked for a publisher of scholastic books.He was a member of the... |
September 8, 1993 |
| Jean Dondelinger | September 8, 1993 |
| Frans Andriessen Frans Andriessen Franciscus Henricus Johannes Joseph Andriessen is a senior Dutch politician.In 1967 he was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Katholieke Volkspartij . From 1971 to 1977 he was leader of the KVP. He served as Minister of Finance and European Commissioner for Trade, Competition... |
September 8, 1993 |
| Abel Matutes Juan | December 13, 1994 |
| Raniero Vanni d'Aarchirafi | December 13, 1994 |
| Peter Schmidhuber Peter Schmidhuber Peter Schmidhuber is a former German and European politician from the Bavarian CSU party.-Biography:Schmidhuber was born in Munich, Bavaria. He studied law and economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich from 1951, gaining his license to practice as a lawyer in 1960... |
December 13, 1994 |
| Ioannis Paleokrassas Ioannis Paleokrassas Ioannis Paleokrassas is a Greek politician.He is a former Minister for Finance and a European Commissioner in the Delors Commission. On 14 July 1992 Paleokassas's car was the objective of a rocket attack in Central Athens. The attack missed its target, but killed a passer-by.-References:... |
December 13, 1994 |
| René Streichen | December 13, 1994 |
| Jacques Delors Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors is a French economist and politician, the eighth President of the European Commission and the first person to serve three terms in that office .-French Politics:... |
January 18, 1995 |
| Manuel García Amigo | March 27, 1995 |
| Menelaos Hadjigeorgiou | March 27, 1995 |
| Horst Langes | March 27, 1995 |
| Ferruccio Pisoni | March 27, 1995 |
| Rudolf Luster | May 15, 1995 |
| Günter Rinsche | July 13, 1995 |
| Hans-Gert Poettering | September 15, 1995 |
| Margaretha af Ugglas Margaretha af Ugglas Märta Margaretha af Ugglas née Stenbeck is a former Swedish Moderate Party politician. She was Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1991 and 1994.... |
October 3, 1995 |
| Carlos Robles Piquer | October 3, 1995 |
| Georgios Anastassopoulos Georgios Anastassopoulos Georgios Anastassopoulos is a Greek politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament.Anastassopoulos was educated at the University of Athens where he studied law, and later at King's College London where he studied Comparative European Law. He served three terms as MEP between 1984... |
October 3, 1995 |
| José Maria Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado | October 3, 1995 |
| Antonio Graziani | October 3, 1995 |
| Nicolas Estgen Nicolas Estgen Nicolas Estgen is a retired Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party and head teacher. He sat in the European Parliament from 1979 until 1994.-References:... |
October 3, 1995 |
| Lord Kingsland | October 3, 1995 |
| Otto Bardong | October 3, 1995 |
| Wilfried Martens Wilfried Martens Wilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992.... |
November 7, 1995 |
| Efthimios Christodoulou | April 30, 1996 |
| Miltiades Evert | April 30, 1996 |
| Panayotis Lambrias | April 30, 1996 |
| Siegbert Alber | July 27, 1996 |
| Edward Heath Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party .... |
September 17, 1996 |
| John Bruton John Bruton John Gerard Bruton is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 1994 to 1997. A minister under two taoisigh, Liam Cosgrave and Garret FitzGerald, Bruton held a number of the top posts in Irish government, including Minister for Finance , and Minister for Industry, Trade,... |
January 14, 1997 |
| Hans von der Groeben Hans von der Groeben Hans von der Groeben was a German diplomat, scientist and journalist and member of the European Commission.Von der Groeben was born in Langheim near Rastenburg, East Prussia.... |
May 14, 1997 |
| Manuel Fraga Iribarne Manuel Fraga Iribarne Manuel Fraga Iribarne is a Spanish People's Party politician. Fraga's career as one of the key political figures in Spain straddles both General Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime and the subsequent transition to democracy. He served as the President of the Xunta of Galicia from 1990 to 2005... |
August 27, 1997 |
| Gerardo Fernández Albor | September 16, 1997 |
| Franjo Komarica Franjo Komarica Dr. Franjo Komarica is a Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of Banja Luka since 1985.... |
December 16, 1997 |
| Ursula Schleicher | May 15, 1998 |
| Anibal Cavaco Silva Aníbal Cavaco Silva Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC , is the President of Portugal. He won the Portuguese presidential election on 22 January 2006 and was re-elected on 23 January 2011, for a second five-year term. Cavaco Silva was sworn in on 9 March 2006.... |
July 8, 1998 |
| Poul Schlüter Poul Schlüter Poul Holmskov Schlüter is a Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.Born in Tønder, south Jutland, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1957 with a degree in law, and joined the bar in 1960. Schlüter was a member of the Danish Parliament for the... |
April 13, 1999 |
| Radio B92 B92 B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes... , Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe... (received by Veran Matić Veran Matic Veran Matić , born on 1962 in Sabac, Serbia, is the Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Belgrade’s leading independent Radio and Television station B92 , Serbia’s commercially funded public service broadcaster, managing the company’s radio, TV, online, publishing and cultural services... ) |
December 14, 1999 |
| Martin M.C. Lee | January 18, 2000 |
| Libet Werhahn-Adenauer | December 1, 2000 |
| Elena Bonner | April 3, 2001 |
| Karl von Wogau Karl von Wogau Karl von Wogau was born 18 July 1941 in Freiburg and is a German politician. Karl von Wogau studied Law and Economics in Freiburg, Munich and Bonn and holds a Doctorate on the constitutional history of Further Austria .... |
November 14, 2001 |
| Nicole Fontaine Nicole Fontaine Nicole Fontaine is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France. She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party... |
January 15, 2002 |
| Ingo Friedrich Ingo Friedrich Ingo Friedrich was a German Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the CSU ticket and sits with the EPP-ED Group.Herr Friedrich holds a University degree in Economics... |
January 26, 2002 |
| Wladylaw Bartoszewski | February 26, 2002 |
| José Maria Aznar José María Aznar José María Alfredo Aznar López served as the Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He is on the board of directors of News Corporation.-Early life:... |
July 1, 2002 |
| Hans van den Broek Hans van den Broek Henri van den Broek is a leading Dutch politician. He is best known for having served 11 years as the Netherlands' Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1982 and 1993, when he became European Commissioner for Foreign Relations.-Career:Van Den Broek started his career as a lawyer... |
November 2, 2002 |
| Wim van Velzen | January 15, 2003 |
| Bendt Bendtsen Bendt Bendtsen Bendt Bendtsen is a Danish Member of the European Parliament. He was the leader of the Conservative People's Party from 1999 to 2008. He was the Minister of Trade and Industry from 2001 to 2008 under Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.... |
June 24, 2003 |
| Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009.... |
June 24, 2003 |
| Bertel Haarder Bertel Haarder Bertel Geismar Haarder is a Danish politician. He represents Venstre, the Danish liberal party. From November 2001 to February 2005 he was Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I, and enacted a policy of tough measures designed to limit the... |
June 24, 2003 |
| Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller Per Stig Møller was Culture Minister of Denmark. He has been a member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party since 1984, and was Minister for the Environment from December 18, 1990 to January 24, 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from November 27,... |
June 24, 2003 |
| Lord Bethell | October 21, 2003 |
| John Joseph McCartin | July 6, 2004 |
| Franz Fischler Franz Fischler Franz Fischler is an Austrian politician. He was the European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries .... |
October 26, 2004 |
| Loyola de Palacio Loyola de Palacio Loyola de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi was a Spanish politician. She was one of the first women to rise to political prominence in Spain during the early years of democracy. She was a minister in the Spanish government from 1996 to 1998, and a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004... |
October 26, 2004 |
| Chris Patten Chris Patten Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC , is the last Governor of British Hong Kong, a former British Conservative politician, and the current chairman of the BBC Trust.... |
October 26, 2004 |
| Mario Monti Mario Monti Mario Monti is an Italian economist and academic who is Prime Minister of Italy, as well as Minister of Economy and Finance, since November 2011. Monti served as a European Commissioner from 1995 to 2004, with responsibility for the Internal Market, Services, Customs and Taxation from 1995 to 1999... |
October 26, 2004 |
| Viviane Reding Viviane Reding Viviane Reding is a Luxembourgian politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. Before starting a professional career as a journalist for the leading newspaper in Luxembourg, the Luxemburger Wort, she obtained a doctorate in human sciences... |
October 26, 2004 |
| Pope John Paul II | November 30, 2004 |
| Natalia Estemirova | January 13, 2005 |
| Sergey Kovalev | January 13, 2005 |
| Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel is a German politician of the CDU. Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary faction in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991. He was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU state party group from 1991 to 2005, serving as President... |
January 19, 2005 |
| Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki is a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II.-Biography:Mazowiecki comes from a Polish... |
February 16, 2005 |
| Wolfgang Schäuble Wolfgang Schäuble Wolfgang Schäuble is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union , currently serving as the Federal Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet Merkel.... |
June 29, 2005 |
| Michel Barner | December 6, 2005 |
| Vytautas Landsbergis Vytautas Landsbergis Professor Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian conservative politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was the first head of state of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas... |
December 13, 2005 |
| Tunne Kelam Tunne Kelam Tunne-Väldo Kelam MEP is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Pro Patria Union , part of the European People's Party.... |
July 4, 2006 |
| Angela Merkel Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a... |
June 27, 2007 |
| Guido de Marco Guido de Marco Guido de Marco was a Maltese politician, who served as the sixth President of Malta from 1999 to 2004. A noted statesman and lawmaker, de Marco also served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Justice, and Minister for Foreign Affairs.He is widely regarded as one of the great... |
July 4, 2007 |
| Marianne Thyssen Marianne Thyssen Marianne Leonie Petrus Thyssen is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the CD&V/N-VA, a Vice-Chairwoman of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.On 15 May 2008 she was... |
June 30, 2009 |
| Jaime Mayor Oreja Jaime Mayor Oreja Jaime Mayor Oreja, is a €Spain|Spanish]] politician who served as Interior Minister in the People's Party government of José María Aznar before resigning in February 2001 to stand for Basque President on 13 May 2001, a post he failed to win. He is known for his strongly anti-ETA views.He graduated... |
June 30, 2009 |
| Hartmut Nassauer Hartmut Nassauer Hartmut Nassauer is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Hesse. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.-References:... |
June 30, 2009 |
| João de Deus Pinheiro João de Deus Pinheiro For the city of João Pinheiro in the state of Minas Gerais see João PinheiroJoão de Deus Rogado Salvador Pinheiro, GCC, born 11 July 1945 in Lisbon, is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European... |
June 30, 2009 |
| Ioannis Varvitsiotis Ioannis Varvitsiotis Ioannis Varvitsiotis is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy from 2004–2009, part of the European People's Party. He didn't stand for reelection in the European elections, 2009. He was also previously a defense minister of Greece.-References:... |
June 30, 2009 |
| José Manuel Barroso | June 30, 2009 |
| Jacques Barrot Jacques Barrot Jacques Barrot is a French politician, who has served as European Commissioner for Justice , after four years as Commissioner for Transport and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months . He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission... |
June 30, 2009 |
| László Tőkés László Tokés László Tőkés is a Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice President of the European Parliament .... |
December 16, 2009 |
| Alberto João Jardim Alberto João Jardim Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim, GCIH |Santa Luzia]], Funchal, Madeira Island) is a Portuguese politician who has been the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, since 1978. He is currently among the most controversial politicians of Portugal.-Early years:Jardim was born... |
October 13, 2010 |
List of people posthumously awarded Robert Schuman Medal
| Name | Awarded on |
|---|---|
| Adelino Amaro da Costa Adelino Amaro da Costa Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa, GCIH was a Portuguese Politician.-Background:... |
June 25, 1987 |
| Guido Gonella | March 4, 1988 |
| Alberto Ghergo | March 4, 1988 |
| Angelo Narducci | March 4, 1988 |
| Mario Sassano | March 4, 1988 |
| Heinrich Aigner Heinrich Aigner Heinrich Aigner was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.-References:... |
April 12, 1988 |
| Bernhard Sälzer | June 28, 1993 |
| Lorenzo de Vitto | June 28, 1993 |
| Francisco António Lucas Pires | February 5, 1999 |