Jean Monnet

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (November 9, 1888 – March 16, 1979) is regarded by many as the architect of European Unity. Never elected to public office, Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected pragmatic internationalist.

Reference

• Jean Monnet: The First Statesman of Interdependence by Francois Duchene (1994); ISBN 0393034976