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Article: KAREL VAN MIERT
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
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Eurocrat who took on big business as Competition Commissioner
Karel Van Miert was best known for his work as European
competition commissioner from 1993 to 1999, a role in which he took
on some of the biggest names in business. During his career he moved
from being a Belgian radical socialist and a pacifist to being a
much sought-after adviser welcomed in boardrooms worldwide in a
career that encompassed academe, politics, the European Commission
and business.
Karel Van Miert was born in Oud-Turnhout, the eldest of nine
children of a Flemish farming family. From 1962 to 1966, he studied
at Ghent University gaining a degree in diplomatic sciences. From
1968 to 1970, he worked for the Belgian ...
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