Article: KAREL VAN MIERT

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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