Karel Van Miert

Karel van Miert
European Commissioner for Competition
In office 6 January 1993 – 13 September 1999
President	Jacques Delors Jacques Santer Manuel Marín (Acting)
Preceded by	Leon Brittan
Succeeded by	Mario Monti
European Commissioner for Transport and Consumer Protection
In office 6 January 1989 – 6 January 1993
President	Jacques Delors
Preceded by	Stanley Clinton-Davis (Environment and Transport) Grigoris Varfis (Regional Policy and Consumer Protection)
Succeeded by	Abel Matutes (Transport and Energy) Christiane Scrivener (Taxation, the Customs Union and Consumer Policies)
Personal details
Born	(1942-01-17)17 January 1942 Oud-Turnhout, Belgium
Died	22 June 2009(2009-06-22) (aged 67) Beersel, Belgium
Political party	Different Socialist Party
Alma mater	Ghent University

Karel Antonius Lucia Maria van Miert (Dutch: [ˈkaːrəl vɑ ˈmiːrt]; 17 January 1942 – 22 June 2009^[1]) was a Flemish politician of the Different Socialist Party and official of the European Commission.