Étienne Davignon
Étienne Davignon | |
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Davignon in 2011 | |
| European Commissioner for Industrial Affairs and Energy | |
| In office 6 January 1981 – 6 January 1985 | |
| President | Gaston Thorn |
| Preceded by | Himself (Internal Market, Customs Union and Industrial Affairs) Guido Brunner (Energy, the Science and Research) |
| Succeeded by | Karl-Heinz Narjes (Industry, Information Technology, Science and Research) Nicolas Mosar (Energy) |
| European Commissioner for the Internal Market, the Customs Union and Industrial Affairs | |
| In office 6 January 1977 – 6 January 1981 | |
| President | Roy Jenkins |
| Preceded by | Finn Olav Gundelach (Internal Market and the Customs Union) Cesidio Guazzaroni (Industry and Technology) |
| Succeeded by | Karl-Heinz Narjes (Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, the Customs Union, the Environment, Consumer Protection and Nuclear Safety) Himself (Industrial Affairs and Energy) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1932 Budapest, Hungary |
| Political party | Humanist Democratic Centre |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain |
Étienne, Count Davignon (French pronunciation: [etjɛn daviɲɔ̃]; born 4 October 1932) is a Belgian former diplomat, top civil servant, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission. In June 2025, the Belgian federal prosecutor sought his referral to a criminal court on war crimes charges for his alleged role in the events leading to the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba.