Etienne Davignon

The Viscount Etienne Davignon is a Belgian statesman born the October 4th 1932 with Budapest (Hungary). Former principal private secretary of Paul-Henri Spaak and Pierre Harmel, he was also first president of the International agency of energy of 1974 to 1977, and vice-president of the European commission of 1981 to 1985. Member of the Group of Bilderberg since 1974, it is the honorary president since 1999. In 2004, the king Albert II granted the honorary title of Minister of state to him.

President of the Roundtable of the European Industrialists (ERT), of the General society of Belgium, mining Union of High Katanga (UMHK).
Vice-president of Accor, Arbed, Tractebel, Fortis Belgium.
Member of the board of directors of Anglo American Mining, Gilead, HERE, Pechiney, Foamex, Kissinger Associates, FIAT, Suez, BASF, Solvay, Sofina, Recticel, CMB.
President of the Association for the monetary union in Europe since 1991, of the Foundation Paul Henri Spaak and of EGMONT.
Member of the Trilateral Commission and the Foundation Ditchley.
Member of the directory of the Think tank Center for European Policy Studies. Like President of Friends off Europe , a think tank influence.

In November 2007, Etienne Davignon was nominated at the Price of the worst lobbying of the European Union a 2007 (price organized by four ONG European: Corporate Europe Observatory, SpinWatch, LobbyControl, Friends of the Earth), for the fact that he advises the European Commissioner Louis Michel on the questions of development in Africa, while at the same time he sits at the board of directors of Suez, a multinational which seeks to open new markets in Africa.

External bonds

Curriculum vitae on Corporate Europe Observatory
detailed Biography
Commission Report of parliamentary inquiry charged to determine the exact circumstances of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and the possible implication of the Belgian political officials in this one mentioning the role of E.Davignon

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