1. Robert Marjolin was a French economist and politician involved in the formation of the European Economic Community.
12 Facts About Robert Marjolin
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Robert Marjolin left school at the age of 14 to begin work but took evening and correspondence courses at the Sorbonne.
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Robert Marjolin received a postgraduate doctorate in jurisprudence in 1936.
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Robert Marjolin was particularly concerned with production and price history as well as monetary policy.
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Robert Marjolin rejected attempts by the American economy to win itself a prominent position in this mission.
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In contrast with Ludwig Erhard of Germany, Robert Marjolin implemented a strong state control of the economy.
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In 1948 Robert Marjolin was appointed the first Secretary-General of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation which was established to implement the Marshall Plan.
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Robert Marjolin wanted it to become politically active, in order to achieve both an economic and an increasing political integration of European countries.
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Towards the end of 1954 Robert Marjolin surprisingly resigned from his OEEC position stating that he wished to become "an international civil servant".
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Robert Marjolin attached particular importance to setting a common economic policy, and a financial and monetary policy and as a result got the support of the German delegation leader Alfred Mueller Armack as well as its deputy Hans von der Groeben.
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Robert Marjolin unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the French socialists in the French parliamentary election, November 1962.
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Robert Marjolin died in 1986, aged 74, leaving behind a son and a daughter.