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Name: Gaston Thorn
Birth Date: September 3, 1928
Place of Birth: Luxembourg, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: prime minister

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Gaston Thorn (born 1928) was prime minister of Luxembourg and president (1981-1985) of the former Commission of the European Communities. His commitment to European unity proved valuable at a time when the community was plagued by increased nationalism...


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Gaston Egmond Thorn (September 3 1928 – August 26 2007) was a Luxembourg politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. Amongst the posts that he held were Prime Minister of Luxembourg...


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The Independent - London
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08/30/2007: 779 words, approx. 3 pages
European Commission president It was largely due to Margaret Thatcher that Gaston Thorn - former Prime Minister of Luxem-bourg - became President of the European Commission in 1981. She argued strongly on his behalf, when her Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, much preferred the...
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The Independent - London
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09/10/2007: 191 words, approx. 1 pages
Dick Leonard's obituary of Gaston Thorn [30 August ] is, surely, uncharacteristically harsh, writes Tam Dalyell. In 1975 James Callaghan, as Foreign Secretary, invited me to a lunch, of eight people in all, to meet and talk to Thorn. Leonard is correct in saying...
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8/27/2007: 538 words, approx. 2 pages
Robert H. "Bob" JohnsonALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ Robert H. "Bob" Johnson, a champion for open government and a former Associated Press executive who during a 42-year career wrote AP's first bulletin on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, died Saturday. He was 84.After retiring...
 


 

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