Lambert Schaus was a Luxembourgish politician, jurist, and diplomat.
10 Facts About Lambert Schaus
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Lambert Schaus held office as a government minister and European Commissioner.
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Lambert Schaus studied jurisprudence in Paris, and in Bonn for one term.
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In 1932, Schaus was appointed as a lawyer at the Luxembourgish court of appeal.
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When Lambert Schaus refused to support the occupation of Luxembourg by Germany, he was arrested in 1941 by the Gestapo and interned in a labour camp where he worked to build motorways.
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Lambert Schaus was responsible for the difficult reconstruction and for the first standing army of the Grand Duchy.
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In July 1948, Lambert Schaus left the government and again became Luxembourg town councillor until 1952.
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On 18 June 1958, Lambert Schaus was appointed Luxembourg's representative on the inaugural European Commission, the Hallstein Commission, to replace the recently deceased Michel Rasquin.
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Lambert Schaus strove in particular for a common traffic policy among the EEC states as well as opening of the national markets for traffic and transport enterprises from other states.
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Lambert Schaus was re-appointed to the second Hallstein commission in 1962 and served until 1967.