Raymond Vouel

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Raymond Vouel (8 April 1923 – 12 February 1987) was a Luxembourgian politician. Vouel was Deputy Prime Minister in the Thorn-Vouel cabinet, a coalition between Vouel's Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Gaston Thorn's Democratic Party. On 21 July 1976, Vouel left the government to join the European Commission as Commissioner for Competition.

Political offices
Preceded by Eugène Schaus	Deputy Prime Minister 1974 – 1976	Succeeded by Bernard Berg
Preceded by Pierre Werner	Minister for Finances 1974 – 1976	Succeeded by Jacques Poos
Preceded by Albert Borschette	European Commissioner for Competition 1976 – 1981	Succeeded by Frans Andriessen

Persondata
NAME	Vouel, Raymond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Luxembourgian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	8 April 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rumelange, Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH	12 February 1987
PLACE OF DEATH